Box 40

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents Includes "However You Came to Me," "The Dark Room,", "Borders Essay," "First Love," Can You Stand Up Chile?," Position Paper," "Ellie Who is My Mother," "Mama," "Eloise," Justice", "In Search of Home, "On Your Own Working Independently", "Dear Daddy," "Gettin' Where I Have to Be," " Freedom as a Sibling in the African-American Theater," ...

Scope and Contents Poems, "Letter to Eisa," "First Love", Hand written "Freedom as a Sibling in the African American Family Theater," "Eloise," "Mama," Two Introductions, "How I moved Anna Ferling to the Southwest Territories" , "Gettin' Where I Haveta Be/ The Nature of Collaborations in Recent Works," Justice, The Couch- Dark Rooms, The Dark Room, Position Paper," "Ellie, Who is My Mother," On Your Own/ Working Independently,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

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"Takin' a Solo," "How I moved Anna Ferling to the Southwest Territories" with edits, "Why I had to Dance" with edits, "Movement/Melody/Muscle/Meaning/McIntyre," "Did I Hear the Congregation Say Amen," "The Couch," "The Dark Room"

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...

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...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...