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A review by yikesbmg
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
5.0
Wow wow wow. I bought & read this book because of the outpouring of love for Shange after her death. I hadn’t heard of her before she died and the title seemed relevant to me, to say the least. Content warning: the play discusses domestic abuse and rape.
It’s very short; it’s kind of amazing how much imagery and emotion it invokes with so few words. It gets straight to the point about women of color’s suffering at the hands of men, and does show by showing instead of through long monologues which I appreciate. Also, it was written/published in the 1970/ and the entire text is written in shorthand that I thought originated with the Internet and instant messaging.
I’d recommend to everyone / anyone because it’s really poignant, honest, and short. If you’ve never read anything on a black women’s perspective on self love, love of another, relationships, and the harm love of another can do to love of oneself, read this. This play reminded me of Difficult Women by Roxane Gay so if you liked that you may like this.
It’s very short; it’s kind of amazing how much imagery and emotion it invokes with so few words. It gets straight to the point about women of color’s suffering at the hands of men, and does show by showing instead of through long monologues which I appreciate. Also, it was written/published in the 1970/ and the entire text is written in shorthand that I thought originated with the Internet and instant messaging.
I’d recommend to everyone / anyone because it’s really poignant, honest, and short. If you’ve never read anything on a black women’s perspective on self love, love of another, relationships, and the harm love of another can do to love of oneself, read this. This play reminded me of Difficult Women by Roxane Gay so if you liked that you may like this.