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Synopsis
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 meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by "The New Yorker "for "encom-passing . . . 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.
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Douglas Watt
"New York Daily News"
Overwhelming...It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair.
"The New York Times"
Extraordinary and wonderful...Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message.
Allan Wallach
"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.
Martin Gottfried
"New York Post"
These poems and prose selections are...rich with the author's special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal.
Toni Cade Bambara
"Ms." Magazine
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.
Douglas Watt"New York Daily News"Overwhelming...It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair.
"The New York Times"Extraordinary and wonderful...Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message.
Allan Wallach"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.
Martin Gottfried"New York Post"These poems and prose selections are...rich with the author's special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal.
Toni Cade Bambara"Ms." 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.
Synopsis
"For Colored Girls..." is a series of poems distilled over time into a Broadway show which was subsequently staged at the Donmar Warehouse, London. "Spell # 7" is a portrayal of black life in America. The author has also written several novels, including "Betsey Brown" and "Nappy Edges".
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1439186812
- ISBN 13 9781439186817
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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