Edited by Imani Perry and featuring a beautiful forward by activist and founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke, Sing a Black Girl’s Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange sheds new light on one of the most important Black feminist writers of all time. Best known for her groundbreaking theatrical work, most notably the 1976 musical for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Shange also penned poems and novels, and this new collection reveals work from her archives that is being made available for the first time.
Even posthumously, Shange’s unique voice is more relevant than ever. Her lyrical way of telling stories imbues these revived essays, plays, and poems with a vitality that consistently centers Black women and girls and goes toe-to-toe with white supremacy, sexism, and colonialism. Perfect for longtime fans and newcomers to her radically experimental body of work, Sing a Black Girl’s Song gives readers a deeper understanding of how this literary icon created her signature style.
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