She was the creator of an opinion column, a 2004 non-fiction book and a one-woman play all titled Your Negro Tour Guide.

[1] She worked for five years as a reporter for the Hamilton JournalNews and described editors sending her out on "black stories.

"[2][3][1] Between 1999 and 2007 she created an opinion column, a nonfiction book and a one-woman play all titled Your Negro Tour Guide.

[5] She authored two other books, Your Negro City Guide and True Grits: A Short Stack of Food and Family in Over the Rhine.

[2] Wilson's stage adaptation of Your Negro Tour Guide was produced by Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park in 2007 and by Valdosta State University in 2008.

[14][15] VSU Sociology professor Tracy Woodward Meyers said, "the show deconstructs and lampoons gender, race, class, and sexuality in America.”[14] It was produced that same year by the National Women's Studies Association.

"[9] Tony Norman said, "Wilson's use of language is a virtual bouillabaisse of postmodern negritude, political cunning and psychological insight.