June 24, 2010
The Riverside Theatre at Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York
Ifa Bayeza and Ntozake Shange give a sneak preview reading from their new novel, Some Sing, Some Cry, which will be published by St. Martin‹s Press this fall.
Bayeza, the inaugural reader for the Community Access Speakers Series, and Shange, author of the landmark theatre work for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enough, are real-life sisters. The two have paired up to create an exciting new novel, an epic story of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, cousins, friends and lovers.
Tracing the course of one family from enslavement to freedom, from the heady days of emancipation to the dawn of the 21st century, Some Sing, Some Cry chronicles seven generations of women, the men and the music in their lives.
Tickets may be purchased electronically by credit card here or by check by printing the order form and mailing it to Community Access.