FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
New York: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's press release and slip laid in. The author's first book, it consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe. It tells the stories of seven women who have suffered oppression in a racist and sexist society. Octavo. Original paper-covered boards over a blue cloth binding with gilt-stamped titling. Some mild toning along the extremities of the boards and the dust jacket; else very good or better. Very good / Very good. Item #80077
ISBN: 0026098407
Price: $75.00
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