Multiple floppy discs containing Some Sing, Some Cry chapters, "Eudora" chapters, essays, and 2 CDs containing Some Sing, Some Cry chapters, undated

File — Box: 42, Folder: 9

Identifier: Subseries 1.18

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Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1.18, Some Sing, Some Cry, 1977-2010, undated, includes extensive drafts, edits, rewrites, proofs, and correspondence. Published in 2010 and written by Shange and her sister, Ifa Bayeza, Some Sing, Some Cry is an epic novel telling the story of seven generations of a family of Black women in the U.S. Some Sing, Some Cry was originally titled How I Come By This Crying Song.

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

From the Collection: Shange, Ntozake (Person)

Access

One journal from Series 03, Journals, Agendas, and Notes, is restricted until 2050 at the request of the Ntozake Shange Trust due to sensitive material. This collection has no other access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 68.8 Linear Feet (74 document boxes, 1 half document box, 16 cartons, 7 clamshell box, 3 oversized folders, 7 oversized box, 1 binder, 1 box of digital media including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and a MiniDV tape)

From the Collection: 17.1 Gigabytes (1 pdf, 43 m4a music files, and 776 jpg files)