CHAPTER 0 The Five Most Important Things about Me There are several important things you should know about me before reading my book Usually I charge a dollar for this information but for a limited time only it’s free 1 My name is Wednesday August Wilson But you can call me Wednesday I was supposed to be born on a Friday in September but instead I was born on a Wednesday in August My moms hadn’t picked a name yet 2 I have two moms a mom and a mum to be precise which is confusing for some people but not when they get to know me Some people ask which one is my real
mom because I’m mixed race and I don’t look exactly like either one of them Lately I’ve stopped answering because clearly they’re both real And really it’s no one’s business right
3 I have a little brother named Mister Our moms let him change his name last year because he stopped listening when people called him especially his preschool teacher Ms Hill At first everyone thought he had a hearing problem so they took him to a ton of ear specialists But it turned out he just didn’t like his name anymore When our moms said he could change it he first chose the name Moo We’re not calling you Moo mister my mum said And that’s how he got the idea to go by Mister
