Ntozake Shange
Author · 25 books
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.
Books
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
1976
Three Pieces
1981
If I Can Cook/You Know God Can
1998
Some Sing, Some Cry
2010
Freedom's a-Callin Me
2012
Whitewash
1997
Wild Beauty
New and Selected Poems
2017
Ellington Was Not a Street
2004
A Daughter's Geography
1983
lost in language & sound
or how i found my way to the arts: essays
2011
We Troubled the Waters
2009
i live in music
1994
Liliane
1994
The Love Space Demands
A Continuing Saga
1991
Float Like a Butterfly
2002
Coretta Scott
2008
Betsey Brown
1985
Dance We Do
A Poet Explores Black Dance
2020
Ridin' the Moon in Texas
1987
Nappy Edges
1978
I Live in Music
Poem
1994
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1975
The Sweet Breath of Life
A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
2004
From Okra to Greens
A Difference Love Story
1984
Sing a Black Girl's Song
The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange
2023
