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MPN
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ISBN
0684843269
Book Title
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Item Length
8.4in
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Year
1997
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3in
Author
Ntozake Shange
Genre
Drama, Poetry, Performing Arts
Topic
American / African American, General, Theater / Playwriting, American / General
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Number of Pages
80 Pages

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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.

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0684843269
ISBN-13
9780684843261
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11853

Product Key Features

Book Title
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Author
Ntozake Shange
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, General, Theater / Playwriting, American / General
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Drama, Poetry, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
80 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.H3324f6 1997
Reviews
Toni 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, "Overwhelming....It's Joyous and Alive, Affirmative in the Face of Despair."-Daily News (New York), 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, 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 York Newsday, "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
Table of Content
Contents 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
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-164958
Dewey Decimal
811/.54
Dewey Edition
19

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  • Must read!

    Renewed interest in the work since Tyler Perry has begun filming it for the big screen. Beautifully descriptive and still enriching, even after thirty plus years. I really love the way Ntozake Shange writes both of the exploitation of minority women and of their power within as women of color (e.g. through their strength, the love they have for themselves, etc.). So often, we are given the view of women as victims and it gets so internalized that we fail to recognize just how far we've come... [There are also light moments too as it is entwined with dance and music.] This should recommended to young girls of all races and backgrounds, preferably before they too forget.

  • This book is for ALL races!

    I decided to buy For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf after I seen the movie! This movie was so powerful and actually took my breathe away. I have to be honest I'm not African American, but I really can relate to some of the storylines. As I read the poems I feel that not only can the African American race relate to it, but so can every other woman on this earth can too. Not only to African American women get beat, raped and addicted to sex so does every other race on this earth!! Thank you so much for the book, I love it!

  • All Girls Are Colored

    I loved the poems! I have not seen the film but because I consider myself an advocate for the written word I suggest reading the book prior to viewing the film. The series of 20 poems is full of emotion. I would love to see it on stage. I hope the film does not ruin this beautifully written testimony. I would say "For Colored Girls Only Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" is a sacred piece of literature...some pieces of literature just are... CM

  • Powerful. Great value for the money.

    The poems are powerful! Read it more than once and get a better understanding each time. It is true that it is not much like the movie so don't use the movie as a quick way to learn the poems for school. :) You will fail!

  • for colored girls

    So grateful to get this book

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