{"product_id":"for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf-paperback","title":"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNtozake Shange\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange's classic, award-winning play centering the wide-ranging experiences of Black women, now with introductions by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom its inception in California in 1974 to its Broadway revival in 2022, the Obie Award-winning \u003ci\u003efor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf\u003c\/i\u003e has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country for nearly fifty years. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it meant to be a woman of color in the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1975, when it was praised by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor \"encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had,\" \u003ci\u003efor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf \u003c\/i\u003ewill be read and performed for generations to come. Now with new introductions by Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown, and one poem not included in the original, here is the complete text of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNtozake Shange, 1948-2018, was a renowned playwright, poet, theater director and novelist. Her body of work includes Obie Award-winning \u003ci\u003efor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf, Some Sing Some Cry \u003c\/i\u003ewith Ifa Bayeza, and the posthumous \u003ci\u003eDance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e I Am an Old Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her numerous accolades are the Langston Hughes Medal for Literature, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Pushcart Prize, the Poetry Society of America's 2018 Shelley Memorial Award and three AUDELCO awards. Ms. Shange's work has been nominated for a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.4 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335468769645,"sku":"9780684843261","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/U3dNbmowZkZFSmYzM0gvWTdDc0U4Zz09.webp?v=1778897103","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}