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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel | Ntozake Shange
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Ntozake Shange's beloved Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three sisters and their mother from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is now living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving in the world. Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of Charleston-"too much of the south in her"-who lives in poetry and has the supreme gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world. Shange's rich and wondrous story of womanhood, art, and passionately-lived lives is written "with such exquisite care and beauty that anybody can relate to her message" (The New York Times).
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Change of reading plans. I just saw on Twitter that Shange passed away today so I‘m reading this in her memory. I‘ve had it unread on my shelves since college in the ::cough:: early 90s ::cough::. She‘s the author of the much better known For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf.

MsLeah8417 I just ordered this book tonight. 6y
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I read this for an Africana Studies course. The title is the name of three sisters and the story is of them and their mother. I learned about Gullah culture which was totally new to me. #indigo #readingresolutions @Jess7

BookNAround I have had this one on the tbr for literally decades. I should really get to it! 6y
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Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of the spirits
~Ntozake Shange

#internationalwomensday

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#riotgrams day 14 - #cookbooks

Found this 1st ed. in really good condition. Would be interested in trying out one of the recipes in this book sometime.

P.S. - turns out this works for #junebookbugs too, since it was her #debut novel.