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Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name ‹ Literary Hub
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Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

Yes, I took ballet from kindergarten through high school. Was I passionate? Never. I was always in the back row of cherubs or angels. I was never nimble or precise, and I was Black. Now, how could …

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