NMLP P-038573 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

Ntozake Shange · Shameless Hussy Press, San Lorenzo, California · 1975

The defining point of issue is that the author's first name is MISSPELLED on the front wrapper as "Ntosake" rather than "Ntozake"; this misspelling is independently recorded both by an ABAA dealer description and by Florida State University's CTRC exhibit catalogue record for its copy (which also notes the red cover with a purple rose)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038573 for "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf" by Ntozake Shange (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038573, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).