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Poems deal with growing up, prejudice, Black heritage, sexism, and modern life

Hardcover:

9780312559052 | St Martins Pr, September 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Written by one of the new voices of American poetry, this volume brings together poems that are charged with energy and vitality in their special language and moving drama

Paperback:

9780312064242 | Reprint edition (Griffin, September 1, 1991), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Poems deal with growing up, prejudice, Black heritage, sexism, and modern life

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Three plays include a magical minstrel show, the personal relationship between a photographer and a dancer, and the dreams and memories of a young Black woman

Hardcover:

9780312802806 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, June 1, 1981), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The contemporary poet and playwright celebrates the Black experience in Spell No.

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9780140481709 | Reprint edition (Viking Pr, November 1, 1982), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Three plays include a magical minstrel show, the personal relationship between a photographer and a dancer, and the dreams and memories of a young Black woman

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Three Black sisters from Charleston, North Carolina, seek to find their ways--Sassafrass through art in Los Angeles, Cypress through dance, and Indigo, the youngest, by staying home and seeing her world's obvious magic

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9780312699710 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, August 1, 1982), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Three Black sisters from Charleston, North Carolina, seek to find their ways--Sassafrass through art in Los Angeles, Cypress through dance, and Indigo, the youngest, by staying home and seeing her world's obvious magic

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The noted poet, playwright, and novelist offers a collection of intensely personal poems intended to map out the geography of life and beauty that she would declare for her daughter (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780312183431 | Limited edition (St Martins Pr, September 1, 1983), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: The noted poet, playwright, and novelist offers a collection of intensely personal poems intended to map out the geography of life and beauty that she would declare for her daughter

Paperback:

9780312063276 | St Martins Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The noted poet, playwright, and novelist offers a collection of intensely personal poems intended to map out the geography of life and beauty that she would declare for her daughter

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Product Description: essays on black theater, dance, music

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9780917672217 | Momos Pr, February 1, 1984, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: essays on black theater, dance, music

Using the classic call-and-response structure of black music--the visual art work as the call and language as the response--this book provides a unique interchange between contemporary visual arts and poetry

Hardcover:

9780312889296 | St Martins Pr, March 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Using the classic call-and-response structure of black music--the visual art work as the call and language as the response--this book provides a unique interchange between contemporary visual arts and poetry

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9780312022730 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, September 1, 1988), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Using the classic call-and-response structure of black music--the visual art work as the call and language as the response--this book provides a unique interchange between contemporary visual arts and poetry

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A theatrical celebration, in verse and prose, of being female and Black incorporates the triumphs, joys, griefs, and losses of Black women in America

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9780553273250 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1987), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A theatrical celebration, in verse and prose, of being female and Black incorporates the triumphs, joys, griefs, and losses of Black women in America

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9781556443343 | Amer Audio Prose Library Inc, December 1, 1989, cover price $13.95

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Product Description: Selected from Contemporary American Plays is an anthology of scenes from some of the best-known plays written from 1966 to the present. The plays range from comedy to tragedy. They include a variety of playwriting techniques. They represent a wide spectrum of playwrights, from Neil Simon to Marsha Norman, They include character description and stage direction...read more

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9780929631158 | Literacy Volunteers of, April 1, 1990, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Selected from Contemporary American Plays is an anthology of scenes from some of the best-known plays written from 1966 to the present.

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Product Description: Songs of love and urban tragedy from one of the preeminent African-American writers of our time. Shange's poems express the need to be felt and heard, to be necessary. In this love space, we all wear our desires, t-cells, and hearts on our sleeves and experience all that comes with wanting to get hold of life, or someone to love...read more

Hardcover:

9780312058920 | St Martins Pr, April 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Poetic monologues examine monogamy, chastity, love, Black urban life, mortality, and redemption

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9780312076276 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, May 1, 1992), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Songs of love and urban tragedy from one of the preeminent African-American writers of our time.

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Product Description: a sensual melodrama of intersecting lives and loves; Landscapes, a stream of consciousness verse play.

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9780312078720 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, May 1, 1992), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: a sensual melodrama of intersecting lives and loves; Landscapes, a stream of consciousness verse play.

Product Description: Book by Conde, Maryse, Bonal, Denise, Kourilsky, Francoise, Mac Dougall, Jill, Miller, Judith G., Lewis, Barbara Brewster, Temerson, Catherine, Miller, Richard, Farhoud, Alba, Liking, Werewere

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9780913745427 | Theatre Communications Group, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Book by Conde, Maryse, Bonal, Denise, Kourilsky, Francoise, Mac Dougall, Jill, Miller, Judith G.

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Describes in words and paintings the mystical rhythm of music that connects people together and defines individuals.
By Eric Baker (creator), Romare Bearden (illustrator), Ntozake Shange and Linda Sunshine

Hardcover:

9780941807098 | Welcome Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes in words and paintings the mystical rhythm of music that connects people together and defines individuals.

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Describes in words and paintings the mystical rhythm of music that connects people together and defines individuals
By Romare Bearden (illustrator), Ntozake Shange and Linda Sunshine (editor)

Hardcover:

9781556703720 | Stewart Tabori & Chang, September 1, 1994, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Describes in words and paintings the mystical rhythm of music that connects people together and defines individuals

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Presents an exploration of one Black woman's psyche by her friends, lovers, and herself, set against racially divided Mississippi and Queens, New York

Hardcover:

9780312113100 | St Martins Pr, November 1, 1994, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents an exploration of one Black woman's psyche by her friends, lovers, and herself, set against racially divided Mississippi and Queens, New York

Paperback:

9780312644109 | Reprint edition (Griffin, October 11, 2011), cover price $19.99
9780312135591 | St Martins Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: The imaginative world of artist Liliane Lincoln is told from the perspectives of her childhood friends, lovers, and psychoanalyst, and culminates in the young woman's realization that she must face the truth about herself.

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Product Description: First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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9780815303145 | Garland Pub, December 1, 1994, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: First Published in 1995.

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Product Description: Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams; Cypress, the dancer,who leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul; Indigo, the youngest, still a child of Charleston—"too much of the south in her"—who lives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world...read more

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9780312140915 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, February 1, 1996), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams; Cypress, the dancer,who leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul; Indigo, the youngest, still a child of Charleston—"too much of the south in her"—who lives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world.

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A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray-paints her face white
By Ntozake Shange and Michael Sporn (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780802784902 | Walker & Co, December 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray-paints her face white

Library:

9780802784919 | Walker & Co, December 1, 1997, cover price $16.85 | About this edition: A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray-paints her face white

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From a renowned playwright, artist, and novelist comes a delectable collection of recipes celebrating African-American cuisine and portraying the dynamic origins of the recipes, from the slave ships of the Middle Passage to the jazz of Duke Ellington.

Hardcover:

9780807072400 | Beacon Pr, February 1, 1998, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: From a renowned playwright, artist, and novelist comes a delectable collection of recipes celebrating African-American cuisine and portraying the dynamic origins of the recipes, from the slave ships of the Middle Passage to the jazz of Duke Ellington.

Paperback:

9780807072417 | Beacon Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $14.00

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Presents one-act plays inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets from American playwrights, including Eric Bogosian, William Finn, and Wendy Wasserstein (view table of contents)

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9780688161729 | Quill, June 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents one-act plays inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets from American playwrights, including Eric Bogosian, William Finn, and Wendy Wasserstein

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A collection of short stories, essays, and poetry from such writers as Dorothy Allison, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Janice Mirikitani, and Rafael Campo
By Ntozake Shange (editor)

Hardcover:

9780807062203 | Beacon Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: A collection of short stories, essays, and poetry from such writers as Dorothy Allison, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Janice Mirikitani, and Rafael Campo

Paperback:

9780807062210 | Beacon Pr, October 25, 1999, cover price $14.00

In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St. Louis, thirteen-year-old Betsey Brown encounters the awkwardness, responsibilities, and the elusive promise of romance of adolescence

Hardcover:

9780312077273 | St Martins Pr, May 1, 1985, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St.

Paperback:

9780312077280 | St Martins Pr, cover price $9.95 | also contains Finding Bethlehem in the Midst of Bedlam: An Advent Study for Children | About this edition: In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St.

Reinforced:

9780606226974 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $20.11 | About this edition: In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St.

Prebinding:

9780613423472 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 1995, cover price $23.35 | About this edition: In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St.

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A compelling testimony to Muhammad Ali's courage, resilience in the face of controversy, and boxing prowess presents the story of his life, from his childhood in the segregated South to his meteoric rise in boxing to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
By Edel Rodriguez (illustrator) and Ntozake Shange

Hardcover:

9780786805549 | Jump at the Sun, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: An introduction to the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his accomplishments as a fighter and his contributions to society.

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An introduction to the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his accomplishments as a fighter and his contributions to society.
By Edel Rodriguez (illustrator) and Ntozake Shange

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9780786824786 | Hyperion, September 1, 2002, cover price $16.01 | About this edition: An introduction to the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his accomplishments as a fighter and his contributions to society.

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