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Ntozake Shange (1948–2018)

Author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf

Includes the names: N. Shange, Ntozake Shang, Ntzoake Shange, Ntosake Shange, Ntozake Shange, Shange Ntozake, Ntazake Shange, Ntozake SWhange, Ntozake; Edited By Linda Sunshine Shange, Illustra

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Celebrating Black Women Writers

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Works by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf 1,393 copies, 15 reviews

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo 449 copies, 3 reviews

Ellington Was Not a Street 332 copies, 44 reviews

Betsey Brown 245 copies, 5 reviews

Coretta Scott 234 copies, 28 reviews

Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter 195 copies

Some Sing, Some Cry 173 copies, 5 reviews

nappy edges 111 copies

I Live in Music 89 copies, 2 reviews

A Daughter's Geography 68 copies

Three Pieces 61 copies

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can 61 copies, 1 review

We Troubled the Waters 58 copies, 8 reviews

The Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga 41 copies, 1 review

Freedom's a-Callin Me 40 copies, 6 reviews

Float Like a Butterfly 37 copies, 1 review

Ridin' the Moon in Texas: Word Paintings 35 copies

Whitewash 33 copies, 11 reviews

Standing in the Shadows of Motown [2002 film] (Screenwriter) 32 copies, 1 review

Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems 28 copies, 2 reviews

lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts:essays 27 copies, 1 review

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can: African American Food Memories,… 27 copies, 8 reviews

The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American… 22 copies

The Beacon Best of 1999: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All Colors… 18 copies

Daddy Says 13 copies

Plays: One 11 copies

See No Evil: Prefaces, Essays and Accounts, 1976-1983 10 copies

Spell 7: A theater piece in two acts 8 copies

From okra to greens : poems 6 copies

Some men 4 copies

A Photograph Lovers in Motion (A Play) 3 copies

Plays by Women: Book Two : An International Anthology (Ubu Repertory… 2 copies

Melissa & Smith 2 copies

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf… (Screenwriter) 1 copy

Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) 1 copy

Shange, Ntozake Archive 1 copy

Rashid Johnson: The Rainbow Sign 1 copy

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Passing (Introduction, some editions) 1,467 copies, 43 reviews

Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (Contributor, some editions) 440 copies

Cries of The Spirit (Contributor) 303 copies, 3 reviews

Breaking Ice: An Anthology of African American Fiction (Contributor) 229 copies, 1 review

Erotique Noire/Black Erotica (Contributor) 134 copies, 1 review

Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by… (Contributor) 121 copies

Black Book (Foreword, some editions) 100 copies

The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (Contributor) 98 copies

Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to… (Contributor) 89 copies

Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women (Contributor) 86 copies

The Virago Book of Wicked Verse (Contributor) 73 copies, 1 review

Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories (Introduction) 72 copies, 1 review

Wild Women Don't Wear No Blues (Contributor) 68 copies

A Literary Christmas: Great Contemporary Christmas Stories (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review

Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor (Contributor) 62 copies

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 59 copies, 1 review

Love's Fire: Seven New Plays Inspired By Seven Shakespearean Sonnets (Contributor) 56 copies

Black Women Writers at Work (Contributor) 53 copies, 1 review

Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays (Contributor) 51 copies

Racism and Sexism: An Integrated Study (Contributor) 51 copies, 1 review

May Your Days Be Merry and Bright: Christmas Stories by Women (Contributor) 44 copies

The Seasons of Women: An Anthology (Contributor) 42 copies

Modern and Contemporary Drama (Contributor) 41 copies, 1 review

Midnight Birds: Stories by Contemporary Black Women Writers (Contributor) 39 copies

Prejudice: A Story Collection (Contributor) 35 copies

Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American… (Contributor) 31 copies

Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America (Contributor) 31 copies

A Way Out of No Way: Writing about Growing Up Black in America (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review

I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love (Contributor) 27 copies

Catch the Fire!!! (Contributor) 25 copies, 1 review

Best American Plays: 8th Series, 1974-1982 (Contributor) 15 copies

360: A Revolution of Black Poets (Contributor) 8 copies

The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic… (Contributor) 7 copies

The Little Magazine, v. 10, #1-2, Spring Summer 1976 (Contributor) 1 copy

The Little Magazine, v. 11, #1, Spring 1977 (Contributor) 1 copy

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Williams, Paulette Linda (birth name)

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Birthplace

Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Place of death

Bowie, Maryland, USA

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St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Education

Barnard College (American Studies)

University of Southern California (American Studies)

Trenton High School

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Bayeza, Ifa (sister)

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Awards and honors

Guggenheim Foundation fellowship

Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund fellowship

Outer Critics Circle Award

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