tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post7403484413834393820..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is EnufAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-25879230077739928912013-05-09T14:22:01.602-05:002013-05-09T14:22:01.602-05:00Based on your review I think even an almost 50 yea...Based on your review I think even an almost 50 year old woman will get something out of this one. I'd love to have my book club read something like this but not sure if I can get them off the light literature kick they have been on lately.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-6629005205451661012013-05-07T09:15:05.804-05:002013-05-07T09:15:05.804-05:00I share your crush on Shange, especially over this...I share your crush on Shange, especially over this book. And yes, it has certainly been rewarding to reread it over the years. Not all of us have had all the experiences the actors describe, which be off-putting, but rereading passes off. We all need to listen to each other. Melissa Harris Perry has a very good discussion of this book in her Sister Citizen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-24160046901180023422013-05-06T21:04:05.471-05:002013-05-06T21:04:05.471-05:00I think I would really, really enjoy this, and had...I think I would really, really enjoy this, and had no idea it even existed. Thanks yet again for adding to my TBR (TBListenedTo?) I also quite like the idea of the stage directions being read out loud in the audiobook. I did a fair bit of theatre in high school and always loved hearing the actors reading their stage directions in read-throughs. Had forgotten about that until just now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330550798080469047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-10406126792404558852013-05-06T18:01:59.093-05:002013-05-06T18:01:59.093-05:00I saw this performed several years ago, when I was...I saw this performed several years ago, when I was teaching high school. I remember that some of the pieces were quite moving--I suspect that the ones that didn't impress me had as much to do with the performance--the high school girls who performed it were generally very good, but not consistently so.<br /><br />Interesting that they read out the stage directions in the audiobook. One of my favorite playwrights (Tarell Alvin Mccraney) writes the stage directions into the script so that characters speak them. It amazes me how affective and non-distracting that is.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-76035625520449231712013-05-06T15:08:20.038-05:002013-05-06T15:08:20.038-05:00Again, not sure it's the book for meAgain, not sure it's the book for meBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-33592967961552490412013-05-06T13:24:14.410-05:002013-05-06T13:24:14.410-05:00I just checked this book out from the library a fe...I just checked this book out from the library a few weeks ago and now it's sitting on my shelf. I had no idea that it was a series of poems. Thanks for writing this post.Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-45527934207322557902013-05-06T13:17:14.713-05:002013-05-06T13:17:14.713-05:00I read this in college and found it amazing. Now I...I read this in college and found it amazing. Now I'm thinking maybe I should go back and read it again.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915400068613145577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-74533274493806298262013-05-06T09:21:06.841-05:002013-05-06T09:21:06.841-05:00I read this book in college and didn't really ...I read this book in college and didn't really get it. I think rereading it now as a 30-something would be good for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com