Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange. Black woman with short cropped brown hair and silver facial piercings smiles in black dress with pink flowers in front of yellow and pink and grey background with black text
Sameer Rao  Nov 1, 2018 4:40PM EDT

Playwrights Remember Ntozake Shange

Anna Deveare Smith, Suzan-Lori Parks and several other Black women in the theater world reflect on the ways the late writer inspired them.
Ntozake Shange. Black woman with short, curly brown hair smiles in gold dress and blue wheelchair in front of white screen with brown and yellow logos and text
Sameer Rao  Oct 29, 2018 1:42PM EDT

Black Women Honor Ntozake Shange's Feminist Legacy

The author of the genre-smashing “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf” died at age 70.
Jamilah King  Oct 28, 2013 11:30AM EDT

Ntozake Shange Talks About a New Struggle With Words, and Health

The playwright opens up about being caught between a crippling neurological disorder and the limits of technology.