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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (1997, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684843269
ISBN-139780684843261
eBay Product ID (ePID)11853

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Book TitleFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicAmerican / African American, General, Theater / Playwriting, American / General
GenreDrama, Performing Arts, Poetry
AuthorNtozake Shange
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN98-164958
ReviewsToni Cade BambaraMs.MagazineCelebrates the capacity to master pain and betrayals with wit, sister-sharing, reckless daring, and flight and forgetfulness if necessary. She celebrates most of all women's loyalties to women., Martin GottfriedNew York PostThese poems and prose selections are...rich with the author's special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal., "Extraordinary and wonderful...Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message." - The New York Times, William A. RaidyL.I. Press/Newhouse NewspapersNtozake Shange's extraordinary "choreopoem"...is a dramatic elegy for black women with an undercurrent message for everyone. Its theme is not sorrow...but courage. Its strength is its passion and its reality....An unforgettable collage of one woman's view of the women of her race, facing everything from rape to unrequited love....Wisdom and naivete go hand in hand. Wounds and dream intermingle; strong passions melt into simple courage., “Overwhelming....It’s joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair.� Daily News (New York), "Celebrates the capacity to master pain and betrayals with wit, sister-sharing, reckless daring, and flight and forgetfulness if necessary. She celebrates most of all women's loyalties to women." -Toni Cade Bambara, Ms. Magazine, "Ntozake Shange's extraordinary "choreopoem"...is a dramatic elegy for black women with an undercurrent message for everyone. Its theme is not sorrow...but courage. Its strength is its passion and its reality....An unforgettable collage of one woman's view of the women of her race, facing everything from rape to unrequited love....Wisdom and naivete go hand in hand. Wounds and dream intermingle; strong passions melt into simple courage." - L.I. Press/Newhouse Newspapers, "These poems and prose selections are...rich with the author's special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal." - New York Post, "Overwhelming....It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair." - Daily News (New York), "Passionate and lyrical...In poetry and prose Shange describes what it means to be a black woman in a world of mean streets, deceitful men, and aching loss." -New York Newsday, Douglas WattNew York Daily NewsOverwhelming...It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair., "Passionate and lyrical...In poetry and prose Shange describes what it means to be a black woman in a world of mean streets, deceitful men, and aching loss." -New YorkNewsday, Allan WallachNewsdayPassionate and lyrical....In poetry and prose Shange describes what it means to be a black woman in a world of mean streets, deceitful men and aching loss., The New York TimesExtraordinary and wonderful...Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message., “Passionate and lyrical...In poetry and prose Shange describes what it means to be a black woman in a world of mean streets, deceitful men, and aching loss.� New York Newsday
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal811/.54
Table Of ContentContents poems by title dark phrases graduation nite now i love somebody more than no assistance i'm a poet who latent rapists' abortion cycle #1 sechita toussaint one i used to live in the world pyramid no more love poems #1 no more love poems #2 no more love poems #3 no more love poems #4 somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff sorry a nite with beau willie brown a laying on of hands
SynopsisA revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet about the experiences of women of color. From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the, From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winningfor colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enufhas excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised byThe New Yorkerfor "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had,"for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enufwill be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world., A revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet about the experiences of women of color. From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world., Ntozake Shange's classic, award-winning play encompassing the wide-ranging experiences of Black women, now with introductions by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown. From its inception in California in 1974 to its Broadway revival in 2022, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country for nearly fifty years. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it meant to be a woman of color in the 20th century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Now with new introductions by Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown, and one poem not included in the original, here is the complete text of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.
LC Classification NumberPS3569.H3324F6 1997

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