MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011026770
003 DLC
005 20150131081346.0
008 110719s2011 nyu 000 e eng
010 $a 2011026770
020 $a9780312206161
020 $a031220616X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn707969664
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dMLY$dIK2$dPLF$dLEB$dCDX$dMNE$dBUR$dBDX$dDLC
050 00 $aPS3569.H3324$bZ46 2011
082 00 $a812/.54$aB$223
100 1 $aShange, Ntozake.
245 10 $aLost in language & sound, or, How I found my way to the arts :$bessays /$cNtozake Shange.
246 3 $aLost in language and sound
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2011.
300 $axvi, 144 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aExplores language, music, and dance as interpreted though the author's works, combining memoir and essay to explore her deconstruction of English in her celebrated play "For colored girls" and her views on life as a woman and a black individual.
505 0 $afrom analphabetic to script obsessed -- a history : for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf -- unrecovered losses/ black theater traditions -- my pen is a machete -- takin' a solo/ a poetic possibility/ a poetic imperative -- how I moved anna fierling to the southwest territories or my personal victory over the armies of western civilization -- getting where I haveta be/ the nature of collaboration in recent works -- why i had to dance// -- movement/ melody/ muscle/ meaning/ mcintyre -- did i hear the congregation say amen? -- a celebration of black survival/ black dance america/ brooklyn academy of music/ April 21-24, 1983 -- bang on! -- 2 live crew -- the couch -- the dark room -- dear daddy, "el amor que tu me das--" -- ellie, who is my mother -- on silk -- in search of a home -- however you come to me -- mr. wrong -- justice -- porque tu no m'entrende? whatcha mean you can't understand me? -- letter to a young poet -- first love.
600 10 $aShange, Ntozake.
650 0 $aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
650 0 $aCreative ability.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011026770-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2011026770-d.html