Blog Prompt (not required): Shange for the People!

Cover to June Jordan & her students’ collection

Some of the Barnard staff involved with the #ShangeMagic project have asked how they can be part of discussions of Shange’s works given that they don’t have access to the classes, etc. and have limited time during the day.  I’m hoping to compile a selection of some of Shange’s works for them to have (hopefully we will discuss them over a lunch during the spring). For copyright reasons, I don’t want to call it a Shange “reader,” but maybe it will be a  “Shange mixtape” in photocopies.

You are welcome to write a blogpost nominating a short excerpt from any of the works we’ve read this semester.  Be as specific as you can, (so not just “something from for colored girls“), tell me why you think this is a good piece to introduce to people new to Shange’s work and, maybe, how you would present it to people informally.   Particularly interested in her writing apart from for colored girls.

Also, don’t forget about the archive Find of the Week!