Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange, born Paulette Williams, was an acclaimed American playwright, poet, novelist, and performance artist known for her choreopoems and feminist themes addressing race, sexism, and Black women's experiences. Her seminal work, 'for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,' revolutionized theater as the longest-running Broadway play by an African American playwright. She changed her name in 1971 to reflect her African heritage, meaning 'she who comes with her own things' and 'she who walks like a lion.'
playwright
poetry
fiction
choreopoem
Some Sing, Some Cry
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ellington Was Not a Street
Coretta Scott
Some Sing, Some Cry: A Novel
Some Sing, Some Cry: A Novel
Freedom's a-Callin Me
We Troubled the Waters
For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel
i live in music
Coretta Scott
A Daughter's Geography
Whitewash
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts:essays
Float Like a Butterfly
Float Like a Butterfly
Whitewash
The Beacon Best of 1999: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All Colors (Beacon Anthology)
Some Sing, Some Cry
Coretta Scott
We Troubled the Waters