Literary Criticism:
- Wilson, August (Contemporary Literary Criticism)
American Decades:
- Wilson, August 1945-2005 (1980's The Arts)
Encyclopedia:
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone (The Oxford Dictionary of Plays)
- Wilson, August (The Oxford Companion to American Literature)
Calendar of Literary Facts:
- August Wilson dies
- August Wilson publishes The Piano Lesson
- August Wilson receives an Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for best play for Fences
- August Wilson publishes Fences
- August Wilson is born
