How Long to Read For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf

By Ntozake Shange

How Long Does it Take to Read For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 25 minutes to read For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning play centering the wide-ranging experiences of Black women, now with introductions by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown. From its inception in California in 1974 to its Broadway revival in 2022, the Obie Award–winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country for nearly fifty years. Passionate and fearless, Shange’s words reveal what it meant to be a woman of color in the 20th century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by The New Yorker for “encompassing…every feeling and experience a woman has ever had,” for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Now with new introductions by Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown, and one poem not included in the original, here is the complete text of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.

How long is For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf?

For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange is 84 pages long, and a total of 21,336 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 56 minutes to read For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf aloud.

What Reading Level is For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf?

For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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