....And Then The Fandoms Came

Title: for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf

Author: Ntozake Shange 

Genre: poetry

Type: Library loan 

Synopsis: From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world. (From GoodReads)

Triggers: domestic abuse, abortion, rape, 

Thoughts/Feelings/So Forth: 

for colored girls was something that I was really looking forward to reading and was glad that I actually found a copy of. This book of poetry I think was popular in its own right, but the movie being made and coming out did bring it further attention, all of which it deserves. Shange has a style like no other, and says things like no other as well. Both of which are A++ in my book. She discusses sexism, racism, rape, domestic abuse, and more. She brings up issues that affect women of color, especially black women, and specifically places her narrative on black women. Something I really liked. I did resonate with a lot of poems, especially the ones dealing with racism, sexism, and/or just being black and woman at the same time. And I didn't resonate with some poems, and I don't think I was meant to. And even when I didn't necessarily share an experience with one of the characters, I still understood and got all of their feelings. Point being. I loved it. It was great. Glad I read it. Adored it. 

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 

Link to GoodReads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58098.for_colored_girls_who_have_considered_suicide_when_the_rainbow_is_enuf