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Ntozake Shange

Born

in Trenton, N.J., The United States

October 18, 1948

Died

October 27, 2018

Genre

Plays and Drama, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay) was an African-American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is best known for her Obie Award winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.

Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. ...more

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Ntozake Shange’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 46,892 ratings · 2,649 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors

	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,221 ratings — published 1975 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo 4.10 avg rating — 3,891 ratings — published 1976 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 1,427 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Sing, Some Cry 3.84 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betsey Brown 3.84 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1985 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liliane 3.72 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems 4.14 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nappy Edges 4.25 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Can Cook/You Know God Can: African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes 3.92 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Where there is a woman there is magic.”
― Ntozake Shange

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“i found god in myself
and i loved her
i loved her fiercely”
― Ntozake Shange

tags: poetry

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“one thing I don’t need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

tags: apologies, apology, forgiveness, independance, strength, sympathy

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Polls

January 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin, 124 pages, 1836

50 votes, 21.8%

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, 80 pages, 1975

35 votes, 15.3%

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 15 pages, 1968

32 votes, 14.0%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pages, 1884

30 votes, 13.1%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 66 pages, 1909

26 votes, 11.4%

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy, 122 pages, 1935

19 votes, 8.3%

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, 88 pages, 1896

16 votes, 7.0%

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, 82 pages, 1890

13 votes, 5.7%

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (Title Story) by Sandra Cisneros ?? looks to be under 130, 1991

8 votes, 3.5%

229 total votes

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