{"product_id":"im-black-when-im-singing-im-blue-when-i-aint-and-other-plays-9780822347576","title":"Im Black When Im Singing Im Blue When I Aint and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection brings together for the first time the plays of Sonia Sanchez, a prolific, award-winning poet and one of the most prominent writers in the Black Arts movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Poet Sonia Sanchez deserves a Nobel for her lyrical representation and advocacy of the universal black woman.”—\u003cb\u003eEd Bullins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sonia Sanchez remains one of the most read, respected, and visible figures of the Black Arts Movement, as well as its most significant female figure. This volume only adds to that legacy.”—\u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These seven plays by Sonia Sanchez form an emotional and historic bridge from the loud revolutionary power of the 1960s and the twentieth century to the more insidious and subtle challenges of this first decade of the twenty-first. Their power lies in their ability to present super\/real snapshots of their time and circumstance with the mystic clarity that mixing poetry and drama can create. From \u003ci\u003eThe Bronx Is Next\u003c\/i\u003e, where Brothers prepare to burn down Harlem tenements, to \u003ci\u003e2 X 2\u003c\/i\u003e, where Beverly and Ramona Smith find one another, Sonia’s persistent call to Blacks—and especially to women—is to find the strength to assemble our ghosts and demons, confront them, and lay them to rest. The plays are startling and open us to a Sonia Sanchez whose vision can see the world as stage, or, perhaps, stage as the world.”—\u003cb\u003eCharles Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Whether I encounter Sonia in poetry, prose, or drama, I am always struck by the fearlessness of her intellect, the effortless musicality of her language, and her commitment to putting these gifts—always—in service of the Struggle. I rejoice for those who, through this book, will encounter Sonia for the first time.”—\u003cb\u003eRuby Dee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e Part I. Essays \u003cbr\u003e Poetry Run Loose: Breaking the Rules (2004) \u003cbr\u003e Ruminations\/Reflections (1984) \u003cbr\u003e Preface to \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eUh,Uh; But How Do It Free US\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) \u003cbr\u003e Part II. Plays \u003cbr\u003e The Bronx is Next (1968) \u003cbr\u003e Sister Son\/ji (1969) \u003cbr\u003e Dirty Hearts (1971) \u003cbr\u003e Malcolm\/Man Don't Live Here No Mo (1972) \u003cbr\u003e Uh, Uh; But How Do It Free Us? (1974) \u003cbr\u003e I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't (1982) \u003cbr\u003e 2 x 2 (2009) \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359230951767,"sku":"9780822347576","price":102.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822347576.jpg?v=1754124053","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/im-black-when-im-singing-im-blue-when-i-aint-and-other-plays-9780822347576","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}