For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf - (Scribner Classics) by Ntozake Shange (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>First published in 1975, Shange's choreopoem has been read and performed because it truly revealed what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. Here is the complete text, with stage directions of the dramatic prose poem that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This revolutionary, award-winning play by a lauded playwright and poet is a fearless portrayal of the experiences of women of color--"extraordinary and wonderful...that anyone can relate to" (<i>The New York Times</i>) and continues to move and resonate with readers today more than ever.</b> <p/>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 <i>for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</i> 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 <i>The New Yorker</i> for encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had, <i>for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Overwhelming....It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair." --"Daily News "(New York)<br><br>"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"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) was a poet, novelist, playwright, and performer. She wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning <i>for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf</i>, as well as numerous works of fiction, including <i>Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo; Betsey Brown</i>; and <i>Liliane</i>.
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