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This course introduces you to key issues in modern culture by reading works by Ntozake Shange (1948-2018). Shange was a black feminist playwright and author who wrote the classic, "choreopoem," to use Shange's neologism, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (1976) along with many more texts. During the quarter, we will meet with various contemporary actors, directors, scholars, and playwrights to discuss how Shange's works have been staged and adapted. We will vary our approach to her texts and debate key issues in black feminist art and politics. For example, we will discuss topics such as: sexuality, geography, memory, enslavement, embodiment, choreography, colonialism, activism, racism, violence, colorism, the myriad meanings of love, food, class, gender, language and dramatic form. We will read some of her fiction, much of her non-fiction and a selection of her poetry.