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Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange, poet, novelist, playwright, and performer, wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. She has also written numerous works of fiction, including Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo, Betsy Brown, and Liliane.

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For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf
For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf By: Ntozake Shange
This edition: Classic Edition Hardcover, 112 pages
Publication date: November 9, 2010
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...
Other Formats: eBook
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The Sweet Breath of Life
The Sweet Breath of Life A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
Edited By: Frank Stewart / Photographer: Kamoinge Workshop / Text by: Ntozake Shange
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: November 1, 2010
Words and images come together in this inspiring collaboration between renowned poet Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Inc., a group of acclaimed photographers whose work documents and celebrates the African-American experience. ...
Other Formats: eBook
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Ellington Was Not a Street
Ellington Was Not a Street By: Ntozake Shange
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2004
Ages: 5 - 11
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf By: Ntozake Shange
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1997
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...