Longtime friend remembers fellow poet and playwright Ntozake Shange
Poet, novelist, and trailblazing playwright Ntozake Shange died this weekend in Bowie, MD., at the age of 70. She was only the second African-American woman ever to have a play on Broadway. Shange is best known for her famous play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf. For Colored …