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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 · 47,646 ratings · 2,789 reviews · 78 distinct works • Similar authors

	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,510 ratings — published 1975 — 64 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 — 3,983 ratings — published 1976 — 34 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 — 1,433 ratings — published 2004 — 9 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 — 1,168 ratings — published 2008 — 11 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 — 1,121 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 — 726 ratings — published 1985 — 24 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 3.73 avg rating — 335 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 — 236 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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 — 228 ratings — published 1978 — 9 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 3.91 avg rating — 163 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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August 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell

33 votes, 22.1%

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

32 votes, 21.5%

A River Runs through It Title Story by Norman Maclean

21 votes, 14.1%

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

17 votes, 11.4%

The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley Title Story by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

16 votes, 10.7%

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

12 votes, 8.1%

A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

10 votes, 6.7%

The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories title story by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin

4 votes, 2.7%

The Judgment of Vulcan by Lee Foster Hartman found in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920

3 votes, 2.0%

Each in His Generation by Maxwell Struthers Burt found in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920

1 vote, 0.7%

149 total votes

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