"I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves."
-Ntozake Shange
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-Ntozake Shange
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January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves."
-Ntozake Shange
#unabooksboardthoughts
#ntozakeshange
-Ntozake Shange
#unabooksboardthoughts
#ntozakeshange
"In her writing, she expressed what it means to be, how it feels to be, a Black woman in America."
#NtozakeShange
1948-2018
Born on this day
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#NtozakeShange
1948-2018
Born on this day
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Remembering Ntozake Shange, The Poet Who Poured Her Heart Onto The Page | Essence
In her writing, she expressed what it means to be, how it feels to be, a Black woman in America.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"In her writing, she expressed what it means to be, how it feels to be, a Black woman in America."
#NtozakeShange
1948-2018
Born on this day
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#NtozakeShange
1948-2018
Born on this day
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NTOZAKE SHANGE gave us masterpiece/instant classic with for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf. First time I met this work I was blown away that she took about 20 poems and made a play/choreopoem. Read it, watch it, stage it. #NationalPoetryMonth
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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💫 Where there is a Woman there’s Magic 🌟
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March 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
💫 Where there is a Woman there’s Magic 🌟
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
20/20 #NtozakeShange
For Colored Girls
#booksky 💙📚 #bookchallenge
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20/20 #NtozakeShange
For Colored Girls
#booksky 💙📚 #bookchallenge
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BHM #Blacksky #Blackauthors #Books
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
20/20 #NtozakeShange
For Colored Girls
#booksky 💙📚 #bookchallenge
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BHM #Blacksky #Blackauthors #Books
20/20 #NtozakeShange
For Colored Girls
#booksky 💙📚 #bookchallenge
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BHM #Blacksky #Blackauthors #Books
“Where there is a woman there is magic.” - Ntozake Shange
#WomenBelong #quoteoftheweek #ntozakeshange #monthofspark
#WomenBelong #quoteoftheweek #ntozakeshange #monthofspark
February 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Where there is a woman there is magic.” - Ntozake Shange
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#WomenBelong #quoteoftheweek #ntozakeshange #monthofspark
The vampyre of access and opportunity.
For Coloured girls who know that sometimes Black men are White men too (2022)
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#art #photoshop #study #digitalart #blackart #ntozakeshange #nosferatu #womanism #vampire #pulp #pulpart
For Coloured girls who know that sometimes Black men are White men too (2022)
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#art #photoshop #study #digitalart #blackart #ntozakeshange #nosferatu #womanism #vampire #pulp #pulpart
December 22, 2024 at 2:01 PM
The vampyre of access and opportunity.
For Coloured girls who know that sometimes Black men are White men too (2022)
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#art #photoshop #study #digitalart #blackart #ntozakeshange #nosferatu #womanism #vampire #pulp #pulpart
For Coloured girls who know that sometimes Black men are White men too (2022)
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#art #photoshop #study #digitalart #blackart #ntozakeshange #nosferatu #womanism #vampire #pulp #pulpart
Cheat post to go with day 4 book cover post. A couple of pages from Ntozake Shange’s book, Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance #ntozakeshange #dancewedo
December 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Cheat post to go with day 4 book cover post. A couple of pages from Ntozake Shange’s book, Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance #ntozakeshange #dancewedo
Ntozake Shange, Wow... Yr Just Like A Man!, in Jill Dawson, The Virago book of wicked verse, Londres (GB) : Virago Press, 1992, p. 20.
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September 3, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Ntozake Shange, Wow... Yr Just Like A Man!, in Jill Dawson, The Virago book of wicked verse, Londres (GB) : Virago Press, 1992, p. 20.
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A Tribute to #NtozakeShange
Forever grateful for her guidance as a blk woman on the page. https://ift.tt/35z9FnG
Forever grateful for her guidance as a blk woman on the page. https://ift.tt/35z9FnG
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 AM
A Tribute to #NtozakeShange
Forever grateful for her guidance as a blk woman on the page. https://ift.tt/35z9FnG
Forever grateful for her guidance as a blk woman on the page. https://ift.tt/35z9FnG
“freedom is the way we walk that walk
talk that talk
gotta take that charred body out the ground
switch on the current to a new sound
to a new way of walkin’ a new way of talkin’
blues” — #NtozakeShange
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talk that talk
gotta take that charred body out the ground
switch on the current to a new sound
to a new way of walkin’ a new way of talkin’
blues” — #NtozakeShange
photo by @brittonrenaissance https://ift.tt/2sD4YKX
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 AM
“freedom is the way we walk that walk
talk that talk
gotta take that charred body out the ground
switch on the current to a new sound
to a new way of walkin’ a new way of talkin’
blues” — #NtozakeShange
photo by @brittonrenaissance https://ift.tt/2sD4YKX
talk that talk
gotta take that charred body out the ground
switch on the current to a new sound
to a new way of walkin’ a new way of talkin’
blues” — #NtozakeShange
photo by @brittonrenaissance https://ift.tt/2sD4YKX
"whatever shall i do with my dead" -- #NtozakeShange
November 19, 2024 at 1:20 AM
"whatever shall i do with my dead" -- #NtozakeShange
“Where there be Black women, there be magic” — word to #ntozakeshange #blackgirlmagicanthology @acehotel @haymarketbooks https://ift.tt/2BmTUTc
November 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM
“Where there be Black women, there be magic” — word to #ntozakeshange #blackgirlmagicanthology @acehotel @haymarketbooks https://ift.tt/2BmTUTc
November 22, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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