Lost in Language & Sound: Or How I Found My Way to the Arts: Essays

by Ntozake Shange

Book Overview

A vibrant and vital collection that celebrates the three most important muses in the life and work of Ntozake Shange--language, music, and dance. In this deeply personal book, the celebrated writer reflects on what it means to be an artist, a woman, and a woman of color through a beautiful combination of memoir and essay. She describes where her love for creative forces began--in her childhood home, a place where imagination reigned and boredom wasn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031220616X
• ISBN13: 9780312206161
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.5"