{"product_id":"for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf-9780684843261","title":"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf","description":"\u003cb\u003eNtozake Shange's classic, award-winning play encompassing 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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-310043\"\u003eNtozake Shange\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.68w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684843261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684843269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001010\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Bl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914546733231,"sku":"9780684843261","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_c32ff09a-15ef-47b8-8f37-4000c3c3dcac.jpg?v=1758826489","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf-9780684843261","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}