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Lost in language & sound, or, How I found my way to the arts : essays / Ntozake Shange.
- Description: xvi, 144 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
- ISBN: 9780312206161
- ISBN: 031220616X
Available copies
- 5 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 5 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | PS 3569 H3324 Z46 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 818.54/Shange (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW PS 3569 .H3324 Z46 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Stoneham | Adult Nonfiction Lower Level | 814.54 SHA (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Swampscott | Lower Level | 818.54 Sh (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Contents: | from analphabetic to script obsessed -- a history : for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf -- unrecovered losses/ black theater traditions -- my pen is a machete -- takin' a solo/ a poetic possibility/ a poetic imperative -- how I moved anna fierling to the southwest territories or my personal victory over the armies of western civilization -- getting where I haveta be/ the nature of collaboration in recent works -- why i had to dance// -- movement/ melody/ muscle/ meaning/ mcintyre -- did i hear the congregation say amen? -- a celebration of black survival/ black dance america/ brooklyn academy of music/ April 21-24, 1983 -- bang on! -- 2 live crew -- the couch -- the dark room -- dear daddy, "el amor que tu me das--" -- ellie, who is my mother -- on silk -- in search of a home -- however you come to me -- mr. wrong -- justice -- porque tu no m'entrende? whatcha mean you can't understand me? -- letter to a young poet -- first love. |
| Summary: | Explores language, music, and dance as interpreted though the author's works, combining memoir and essay to explore her deconstruction of English in her celebrated play "For colored girls" and her views on life as a woman and a black individual. |
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| Subject: |
Shange, Ntozake. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Creative ability. |
| Added title: | Lost in language and sound |
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