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For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf a choreopoem

A theatrical celebration, in verse and prose, of being female and black incorporates the triumphs, joys, griefs, and losses of black women in America.

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  • "A theatrical celebration, in verse and prose, of being female and black incorporates the triumphs, joys, griefs, and losses of black women in America."
  • "A theatrical celebration, in verse and prose, of being female and black incorporates the triumphs, joys, griefs, and losses of black women in America."@en
  • "In this interview Shange discusses the evolution of her work and the problems she has faced as a black woman in the art world."
  • "The complete text of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century."@en
  • "[This book] has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, [the author'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. -http://www.loc.gov/catdir"
  • ""If there are shoulders modern African-American women's literature stands upon they belong to Ntozake Shange, who revolutionized theatre and literature with her iconic work for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf in the 1970s. Any of us writing today are inheritors of her genius..."
  • "Poems from the stage production of the same title performed by Ntozake Shange and others."@en
  • ""If there are shoulders modern African-American women's literature stands upon they belong to Ntozake Shange, who revolutionized theatre and literature with her iconic work for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf in the 1970s. Any of us writing today are inheritors of her genius ..."@en
  • "A "choreopoem" that portrays the visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being African-American."@en

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "Poetry"@en
  • "Poetry"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"

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  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf a choreopoem"@en
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf a choreopoem"
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf"
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf"@en
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf"
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf"@en
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf original Broadway cast"@en
  • "For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf"@en

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