Ntozake Shange
Born
in Trenton, N.J., The United States
October 18, 1948
Died
October 27, 2018
Genre
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
63 editions
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published
1975
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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
16 editions
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published
1976
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Ellington Was Not a Street
by
8 editions
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published
2004
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Coretta Scott
by
10 editions
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published
2008
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Some Sing, Some Cry
17 editions
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published
2010
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Betsey Brown
23 editions
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published
1985
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Liliane
12 editions
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published
1994
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Nappy Edges
10 editions
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1978
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Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems
5 editions
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2017
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If I Can Cook/You Know God Can: African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes
6 editions
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1998
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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.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
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.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Polls
January 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll
The Captain's DaughterbyAlexander Pushkin,124 pages, 1836
50 votes,
21.8%
35 votes,
15.3%
2BR02BbyKurt Vonnegut Jr.,15 pages, 1968
32 votes,
14.0%
Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsbyEdwin A. Abbott,96 pages, 1884
30 votes,
13.1%
The Machine StopsbyE.M. Forster,66 pages, 1909
26 votes,
11.4%
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?byHorace McCoy,122 pages, 1935
19 votes,
8.3%
The Country of the Pointed FirsbySarah Orne Jewett,88 pages, 1896
16 votes,
7.0%
The Great God PanbyArthur Machen,82 pages, 1890
13 votes,
5.7%
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories(Title Story) bySandra Cisneros?? looks to be under 130, 1991
8 votes,
3.5%
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