Ntozake Shange both beautifully and tragically tells stories of Black girlhood that are all too familiar. Shange reminds me to be selfish, that I know my truth and what is true, and to remove white girls from my hopscotch games. “i found god in myself and i loved heri loved her fiercely”
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, (List Price: $13.99, Scribner, 9780684843261, September 1997)
Reviewed by Mariah McCann, Epilogue: Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, North Carolina