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    The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
    The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
    The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
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    The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family

    By Frank Stewart, Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Workshop

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    Words and images come together in a collaboration between celebrated poet Ntozake Shange and an acclaimed group of photographers, to result in this stunning celebration of contemporary Black life in America.

    From the first publication of The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Langston Hughes and Roy DeCarava in 1967, to Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, collaborations between writers and photographers have been important in African American culture. These books examine the issues of identity and representation that have been so central to this group's efforts to thrive.

    The Kamoinge Workshop photographers who contributed their work to this inspiring collection consist of names that have appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and more. Names such as Anthony Barboza, Adger W. Cowans, Ming Smith Murray, Beuford Smith, John Pinderhuges, and many others. The Workshop’s mission was a response from the bias portrayals of African Americans in the media. They sought to shed positive light on their subjects, as well as to demystify Black life in America. And The Sweet Breath of Life does exactly that.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtria Books
    Release dateJul 13, 2010
    ISBN9781451616347
    The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
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    Ntozake Shange

    Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) was born in Trenton, New Jersey and educated at Barnard College and the University of Southern California, where she received an MA in American Studies. Her choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf brought her Broadway success and international recognition. She is the author of an acclaimed adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children and has written three novels: Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo; Betsey Brown; and Liliane. Her poetry includes nappy edges, A Daughter's Geography, Ridin' the Moon in Texas and From Okra to Greens. Her first collection of plays was published by Methuen Drama in 1978.

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      The Sweet Breath of Life

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      Copyright © 2004 by Frank Stewart and Ntozake Shange

      Photography copyright © 2004 by Kamoinge Inc.

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Atria Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      ISBN 0-7434-7897-5

      eISBN 978-1-4516-1634-7

      First Atria Books hardcover printing October 2004

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      The list of illustrations appears on pages 173–74

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      Also by Ntozake Shange

      If I Can Cook/You Know God Can

      Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

      Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter

      Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga

      Betsy Brown

      For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

      Also by Frank Stewart

      Sweet Swing Blues: On the Road a Year with Wynton Marsalis and His Septet

      Smokestack Lightning

      Romare Bearden: Photographs by Frank Stewart

      with great admiration and love

      for these three women who let me know

      in no uncertain terms who and what i come from:

      to my grandmother, viola benzena murray owens

      to my great aunt, effie owens josey

      and to my great aunt, mary owens

      i lived long enough to be held by you all.

      love, ntozake

      This book is dedicated to

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