Some Sing, Some Cry »

Ntozake Shange is a renowned playwright, poet (Nappy Edges and The Love Space Demands), and novelist (Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Betsey Brown, and Liliane). She lives in Philadelphia.

Groundbreaking and heartbreaking, this triumphant novel by two of America's most acclaimed storytellers follows a family of women from enslavement to the dawn of the twenty-first century.

The New York Times - Kaiama L. Glover

A rich mix of storytelling and African-American history…Every one of these women's stories could be a novel on its own; every one has a complexity and scope that keeps readers turning page after page. That said, it's also true that Some Sing, Some Cry is a very long book, one that at times feels too full…[that] suffers from a surfeit of drama, with characters who shine almost too brightly to be entirely credible…And yet, despite such soap-operatic indulgences, this story…is engaging from start to finish. The Mayfield women are hilarious and sexy, gorgeous and strong.