Black is Beautiful : polyphonie pour sept femmes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/03/03/black-is-beautiful-ntozake-shange/

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗳" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘁𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 -

An amazing intimacy as seven women tell their stories (and those of/for all black women) through poetry, dance, and song. Rich oral storytelling by Shange, but its strength left as a static read on paper is compromised.

https://buff.ly/4i3ApBG

#bookreviews #books #ntozakeshange #blackhistory #forcoloredgirls

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗳” 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘁𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 -

A beautiful, sorrowful, and lushly inspirational choreo-poem, weaker in the reading of it only for its absence of music, staging, and oral performance.

#bookreviews #books #bookworm #readreadread #3words #ntozakeshange #forcoloredgirls #poetry #drama #theater #blackhistory #blackwomen #blackhistory

𝐓𝐁𝐑 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐞: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 -

A few of the books I'm most looking forward to this month!

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #hankang #thevegetarian #ntozakeshange #forcoloredgirls #forcoloredgirlswhohaveconsideredsuicidewhentherainbowisenuf #claricelispector #breathandlife #ronaldwimberly #princeofcats #nervousconditions #TsitsiDangarembga #imbolombue #HowBeautifulWeWere #BlackHistoryMonth

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘁𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 --

Genre-bending poem/dance/stage art, Shange's classic has been richly interpreted, but how does its original text read?

#NtozakeShange #forcoloredgirlswhohaveconsideredsuicidewhentherainbowisenuf #choreopoem #poetry #drama #BlackHistoryMonth #africanamericanliterature

Ntozake Shange, Wow... Yr Just Like A Man! (extrait), in Jill Dawson, The Virago book of wicked verse, Londres (GB) : Virago Press, 1992, p. 20.

#ntozakeshange

"I wasn’t ready yet for the implications of Black people as interpreters of outer space."

Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name ‹ Literary Hub
https://lithub.com/ntozake-shange-on-sun-ra-and-how-she-came-to-have-her-name/

#sunra #ntozakeshange

"Ntozake Shange’s words told me that poetry was important to the world, and I—a young person making minimum wage and barely able to afford a loaf of bread—believed her..."

This week's newsletter is on the power of poetry and includes a link to my latest essay, about the poet Ntozake Shange: https://tthorncoyle.substack.com/p/the-power-of-poetry

#poetry #NtozakeShange #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #WritingCommunity