21. Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Ntozake Shange Poet, performance artist, playwright, and novelist ntozake shange was born Paulette Williams on October 18, 1948, in Trenton, New Jersey. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/147

Home View Cart Log In More Info FURTHER READING Related Prose A Brief Guide to the Black Arts Movement Other Black Art Poets Amiri Baraka Etheridge Knight Gwendolyn Brooks Haki Madhubuti ... Sonia Sanchez External Links Ntozake Shange Biography and information on For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf Ntozake Shange: Portrait of a Literary Feminist PDF:Requires Adobe Acrobat to download full text. Interview with Edward K. Brown II. Reading Group Guide: Liliane Discussion questions for Shange's novel. Two poems "Blood Rhythms—Blood Currents—Black Blue N Stylin'" and "People of Watts". Adopt a Poet Add to Notebook E-mail to Friend Print Ntozake Shange Poet, performance artist, playwright, and novelist Ntozake Shange was born Paulette Williams on October 18, 1948, in Trenton, New Jersey. She earned a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.A. from UCLA. Her books of poetry include Ridin' the Moon in Texas: Word Paintings (St. Martin's Press, 1987), From Okra to Greens A Daughter's Geography Nappy Edges Natural Disasters and Other Festive Occasions (1977), and

22. Ntozake Shange Weaves Tapestries Of Poetry, Music, Dance In Her Search For Love' ntozake shange weaves tapestries of poetry, music, dance in her search for love s meaning. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/17/DDGG4H97VF1.DTL

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24. Ntozake Shange — Infoplease.com Catching up with ntozake shange her innovations in stage verse and movement have inspired a new generation.(Interview) (American Theatre) http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0878434.html

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25. African American Registry: Ntozake Shange, Author With Distiction! ntozake shange was born on this date in 1948. She is An AfricanAmerican Playwright, author, and educator. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1717/Ntozake_Shange_author_wi

Ntozake Shange, author with distiction! Home Donate to the Registry Benefactors What Happened on Your Birthday? ... Contact October 18 Ntozake Shange *Ntozake Shange was born on this date in 1948. She is An African-American Playwright, author, and educator. Born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey to Paul T. Williams (namesake), a surgeon, and Eloise Williams, a psychiatric social worker and educator. She is the oldest of four children of an upper middle class family. In 1956, when she was five years old, her family moved to a then, racially segregated St. Louis, where she enjoyed music, dance, art, literature, and opera; though at a German-American school she suffered blatant racism as a part of the dawn of the Brown versus Board of Education decision. She was an avid reader of Jean Genet, Herman Melville, and Langston Hughes. She also came in contact with great musicians and singers like Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Josephine Baker, all friends of her parents. W.E.B. DuBois was also a family visitor. In 1961 she returned to New Jersey, completed high school and became increasingly aware of the inequities of the American society on Black females; five years later she enrolled at Bernard College. Soon after this she attempted suicide (more than once) after a recent separation from her law school husband and a deep sense of bitterness and alienation. Upon gathering herself she earned a bachelor's degree with honors in American studies from Barnard College in 1970, a master's degree in American studies from the University of Southern California in 1973. In 1971 she decided to take an African name: Ntozake means "she who comes with her own things, and Shange means, "who walks like a lion." This change reinforced her inner strength and to redirect her life. Shange has taught humanities, women's studies, and Afro-American studies from 1972-1975 at Sonoma State College, Mills College, and University of California Extension.

26. 4 Women Writers: Ntozake Shange -- UMKC University Libraries: Online Exhibitions Born Paulette Williams on October 18, 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey, ntozake shange rose to national prominence following the 1975 production of her play, http://library.umkc.edu/exhibits/4-writers/shange.html

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27. Multimanifestations: Ntozake Shange -- Portrait Of A Literary Feminist ntozake shange writes from these perspectives. Her poetry, plays, and novels initiate an awareness of contemporary femininity in society. http://www.multifest.com/poetry/shange.htm

Essays Fiction Poetry Poetic Bar ... Mark of Max Portrait: Ntozake Shange Audio podcast About Ed NTOZAKE SHANGE: Portrait of a Literary Feminist by Edward K. Brown II Throughout the ages, women have written about the imposition of a male-dominated society, about how this domination constricts their character, and about how women themselves have contributed to the development of a progressive society. Ntozake Shange writes from these perspectives. Her poetry, plays, and novels initiate an awareness of contemporary femininity in society. Shange has an M.A. from the University of Southern California in American Studies. She teaches Contemporary Black and Latin Literature at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has won two Obie Awards, one for for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf another for the adaptation of Brecht's Mother Courage . She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Chubb Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... Blog Photo by Frank Stewart 1 picture add a picture Author: Ntozake Shange Also known as: ntozake shange Ntazake Shange Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Books by Ntozake Shange combine/separate works 318 copies, review 125 copies, 1 review Liliane 86 copies, review Betsey Brown 76 copies, 3 reviews Ellington was not a street 41 copies, 5 reviews Nappy edges 30 copies, review A daughter's geography 22 copies, review Ridin' the Moon in Texas: Word Paintings 16 copies, review The Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga 16 copies, review Three pieces 16 copies, review If I Can Cook, You Know God Can 15 copies, 1 review I live in music : poem 12 copies, review 5 copies, review 4 copies, review Spell 7: A theater piece in two acts 3 copies, review see all 32 books Member ratings Average: 0.5 stars 1 stars 1.5 stars 2 stars 2.5 stars 3 stars 3.5 stars 4 stars 4.5 stars 5 stars Common Knowledge Share what you know.

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30. Ntozake Shange Writer Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, News, Awards, Agent, Fan Sites. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788110/

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32. Ntozake Shange (1948-) Biography - Personal, Career, Awards, Honors, Sidelights ntozake shange s play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf had its first Broadway production in 1976, a year after it was http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1284/Shange-Ntozake-1948.html

Other Free Encyclopedias Brief Biographies Famous Authors Vol 10 Ntozake Shange (1948-) Biography - Personal, Career, Awards, Honors, Sidelights - Addresses, Member, Writings, Adaptations Find all books written by Ntozake Shange on Amazon.com Department of Drama, University of Houston, University Park, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77004. FOR CHILDREN Whitewash (picture book), illustrated by Michael Sporn, Walker (New York, NY), 1997. Float like a Butterfly (picture book), illustrated by Edel Rodriguez, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2002. Daddy Says Ellington Was Not a Street PLAYS For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoem (first produced in New York, NY, 1975; produced off-Broadway, then on Broadway, 1976), Shameless Hussy Press (San Lorenzo, CA), 1975, revised edition, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1976. Boogie Woogie Landscapes A Photograph: A Study of Cruelty (poem-play; first produced off-Broadway, 1977; revised as A Photograph: Lovers in Motion [also see below] and produced in Houston, TX, 1979), Samuel French (New York, NY), 1981. (With Thulani Nkabinde and Jessica Hagedorn) Where the Mississippi Meets the Amazon

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34. Joyce Gordon Gallery > Exhibits > Past Exhibit > Louis Delsarte And Ntozake Shan Louis Delsarte and ntozake shange April 6 April 29, 2007. About the Exhibit This exhibit features a collaboration of paintings and poetry from http://www.joycegordongallery.com/delsarte_1.html

Representing a new generation of Gifted and Inspirational Artists Home Exhibits Artists Photography Gallery Contact Gallery Info Louis Delsarte and Ntozake Shange April 6 - April 29, 2007 About the Exhibit This exhibit features a collaboration of paintings and poetry from Atlanta-based artist and art professor, Louis Delsarte, and award-winning, renowned poet and playwright, Ntozake Shange. Delsarte's series of paintings and mixed media abstract landscapes are inspired by Shange's poetry. The artwork moves through time and space creating a relationship between the multiculturalism of Cuba and the Harlem Renaissance reflected in 2006 images. In this exhibit, both the artist and the poet tell stories that reflect the unique energy, transition and movement of the African Diaspora. J. Silvio Productions

35. Rebecca Dingo, Ntozake Shange Although I find it incredibly hypocritical to try to fit ntozake shange into Gardner s creativity model, for all intensive purposes for the class I will http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/253.html

Documents menu http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~lwsherman/dingo.html Ntozake Shange By Rebecca Dingo (student paper for EDP 380.D, Miami University), 18 December 1995 After spending a semester looking at Gardner's limited selection of people, I became frustrated at his blatant message that White male creativity is the only one to exist. With his obtrusive message in mind, I felt the need to challenge Gardner and his model to become less Euro-centrally male driven. In order to confront him, I have chosen a person who is neither, White nor male. Instead, she is a Black American woman who I can consider to be, in many aspects, a creative genius. Although I find it incredibly hypocritical to try to fit Ntozake Shange into Gardner's creativity model, for all intensive purposes for the class I will first point out how she does meet his model. Next, in accordance with Black feminists, I will examine why she does not fit into Gardner's creativity model and frankly, why it does not matter that she is not shaped into the model. Further, I will confront the issue that marginal people are rejected society's cannon (i.e. the white male cannon), and how Gardner, in the position of a writer he could have broken down some of these barriers. Ntozake Shange does fit into five of the seven intelligences in Howard Gardner's model. As a performance artist, poet, musician, writer, and politician, Shange's intelligences span the interpersonal, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, and verbal talents.

36. Poet: Ntozake Shange - All Poems Of Ntozake Shange Poet ntozake shange All poems of ntozake shange .. poetry. http://www.poemhunter.com/ntozake-shange/

Poem Hunter .com Poet: Ntozake Shange - All poems of Ntozake Shange 1/27/2008 1:13:38 PM Home Poets Poems Lyrics ... SEARCH Ntozake Shange Poems Comments More Info Books ... Stats Poems Search in the poems of Ntozake Shange Click the title of the poem you'd like read. My Father Is a Retired Magician Comments about Ntozake Shange There is no comment submitted by members.. Click here to write your comments about Ntozake Shange Web pages / more info about Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay) (born October 18, 1948) is an African American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntozake_Shange Women of Color Women of Word African American Female ... Ntozake Shange was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey on October 18, 1948. In 1971 she changed her name to Ntozake Shange which means "she who http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~cybers/shange2.html Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange . Oct. 18, 1948. Playwright Author Educator. Born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey to Paul T. Williams (namesake), a surgeon

37. Ntozake Shange Criticism (Vol. 126) ntozake shange is best known for her first dramatic production, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975). http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/shange-ntozake-vol-126

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Ntozake Shange Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Ntozake Shange 1948– (Born Paulette Williams) American playwright, poet, novelist, and essayist. The following entry provides an overview of Shange's career through 1994. For further information on her life and works, see CLC Volumes 8, 25, 38, and 74. INTRODUCTION Ntozake Shange is best known for her first dramatic production, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Biographical Information Shange was born Paulette Williams, the eldest child in a professional middle class black family. Her father was a surgeon and her mother a psychiatric social worker. During Shange's youth she was exposed to many of the foremost black intellectuals and musicians of the time through her parents's social interactions with people such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and W. E. B. Du Bois. She received a B.A. from Barnard college and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Southern California. During college, she went through a period of depression after separating from her husband, and attempted suicide several times. During her years in graduate school Ntozake Shange 1948– she chose the name Ntozake Shange for herself as a way of connecting with her African roots: "Ntozake" means "she who comes with her own things," and "Shange" signifies "she who walks like a lion." Shange has taught playwriting and creative writing at the University of Houston in Texas.

38. MHC - Ntozake Shange: ReadMOre Author 2005 Written by ntozake shange in 1985, the novel is a semiautobiographical account of an African-American St. Louis family affected by racial tensions, http://www.mohumanities.org/programs/readmore/shange.htm

ReadMOre Ntozake Shange 2005 EVENTS READER'S GUIDE .DOC .PDF PAST TITLES READMORE People all over Missouri will have the pleasure of reading and discussing Betsey Brown during ReadMOre, Missouri's statewide book club. Written by Ntozake Shange in 1985, the novel is a semi-autobiographical account of an African-American St. Louis family affected by racial tensions, desegregation and marital conflict in the late 1950s. (The author's name is pronounced En-toe-ZAK-kay SHONG-gay.) Shange was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey in 1948.According to a biographical sketch by Mafo Kosseh-Kamada, "In 1956, the Williams family moved to Missouri. Being a gifted child, Shange was sent several miles away from home to school in St. Louis to receive special schooling. For the first time, she attended a non-segregated school. She experienced overt racism and was constantly harassed by the other students.. Seeing reality as such at an early age created a sense of displacement for Shange while becoming the motivational force behind her writing. I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses of anger is related to this vacancy - a yearning I had as a teenager...and when I get ready to write, I think I'm trying to fill that

39. Ntozake Shange - Debut Novel Similar to a steaming pot of Gumbo with savory flavors rising from a mixture of various foods, noted playwright and poet ntozake shange serves up her debut http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/african_american_lit_retired/63354

GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-7332027313721357", "com_readingandliterature_top_ATF_468x060"); GA_googleAddAttr("language", "com"); GA_googleAddAttr("section", "readingand"); GA_googleAddAttr("category", "african_am"); hiring freelance writers today's articles sign in Home ... African-American Authors Ntozake Shange - Debut novel Ntozake Shange - Debut novel Walter Benefield Articles in this Topic Discussions in this Topic Mar 17, 2001 Similar to a steaming pot of Gumbo with savory flavors rising from a mixture of various foods, noted Playwright and Poet Ntozake Shange (pronounced en-to-zaki shong-gay) serves up her debut novel Shange uses fictitious personal letters, poetry, recipes, choreography and ingenious storytelling to convey the story of four women and their struggles. Set in the coastal district of South Carolina. Four women, one mother and three daughters each bring their own distinct personalities as well as struggles to the story. Indigo, the youngest daughter a child of twelve in the beginning of the novel, experiences puberty and struggles with innate gifts for creating life in her many homemade dolls along with a budding mystical music ability. Often times her peculiar behavior is explained away in the expression, Cypress, the middle daughter is a formally trained dancer who leaps, twist and turns right through the story she however struggles with the up and down life of a dancer and attempts to pacify her hurts through sex, drugs and alcohol.

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Ntozake Shange AfroPoets.Net Famous Black Writers o Home o Poetry Board o PoeticQ.com - Famous Writers Gallery o PoeticSpace.com - MySpace For Poets... Picture Brief Bio Ntozake Shange was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, New Jersey on October 18, 1948. In 1971 she changed her name to Ntozake Shange which means "she who comes with her own things" and "she who walks like a lion" in Xhosa, the Zulu language. Her father was an Air Force surgeon and her mother was an educator and a psychiatric social worker. The Williams were upper middle class African Americans whose love of the arts contributed to an intellectually stimulating childhood for Shange and her three siblings. Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and W. E. B. Du Bois were among the frequent guests at her parents' house. In 1966 Shange enrolled at Barnard College and separated from her husband, a law student. She attempted suicide several times. Nonetheless, she graduated cum laude in American Studies in 1970 and entered the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, where she earned a master's degree in American Studies in 1973. In addition to her plays, she has written poetry, novels, and essays. She has taught at California State College, the City College of New York, the University of Houston, Rice University, Yale, Howard, and New York University. Among her many awards are an Obie, a Los Angeles Time Book Prize for Poetry, and a Pushcart Prize.

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