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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

Ntozake Shange
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  • ISBN 9781399639668
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'Shange's wit, lyricism and fierceness are marvellous' New York Times

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo are sisters. They are growing up, and their dreams are far from their Mama's house in Charleston.

Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is living with other artists in Los Angeles, trying to summon a life out of her work.

Cypress, a dancer, is leaving home to find new ways of moving in the world.

Meanwhile Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of the South, living in poetry with a supreme gift for seeing the world's magic.

A trailblazing work by a radical literary voice, Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is an expansive collage of prose, poetry, recipes, letters, spells and dreams, which come together to form an unforgettable portrait of Black womanhood, creativity and passionately-lived lives.

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About Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) is the author of thirty-six published works, made up of plays, novels, children's books and poetry collections. Her 'choreo-poem' for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf retains its status as the longest running play by an African American writer in Broadway history. Its 2022 Broadway revival garnered seven Tony Award nominations. She has been posthumously inducted into both the NY State Writers and the Off-Broadway Alliance halls of fame, cementing her legacy as one of the most cherished Black feminist writers of our time.

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