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About the Book
Lorey Hayes, an original cast member of Ntozake Shange’s iconic theatrical play: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, has adopted Shange’s Choreopoem style. From growing up in Jim Crow south to her escape to the bright lights of New York City, Lorey highlights the people, places, images and thoughts that helped shape her life as a woman of color.
Learning that she was in the original cast, Former Artistic Director, Ed Smith hired Hayes to direct For Colored Girls at The Jubilee Theater. Hayes was happy to revisit the work that Douglas Watt of the New York Daily News described as, "Overwhelming ….affirmative in the face of despair" and William A. Raidy, of the L.I.Press/Newhouse called, "an unforgettable collage of one woman’s view of the women of her race."
Ntozake’s writings propelled Hayes to share her own passions that reveal the complexity of her life --- and for that Hayes is forever grateful..
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What people are saying about Song of Silence
Spellbinding poetic Journey down a rabbit hole of heart-throbbing emotions.
-Shelia A Benskin, Director of Marketing, Lancaster ISD
I just finished my second read of Lorey Hayes’ Song of Silence and I can best describe her book of poetry as brilliantly crafted with renditions that make for an engaging and compelling read. It is a multi-faceted work that evoked emotions ranging from laughter to sadness to reminiscences as I was transported to both relatable and unfamiliar times, places and experiences. As a product of the consciousness-raising movement of the sixties, I am especially drawn to "We Black Women Spirit Warriors," and as an offspring of the rural south, I find particular kinship in Janie and Racists Are Not Born. For the same reasons, "Black Is" by Lorey’s guest poet, Clarence R. Williams, is a beautifully executed and all-encompassing work that resonates with me on a cellular level!!”
-Mary Wright, Former Dean and Professor North Carolina Central School of Law
…a must-read....….Heartfelt dedication to her much beloved mother, and greatly admired grandmother, speaks to every reader's heart and soul. Lorey verbally states, "Music is life, life is music. If you can't hear it, then yours is a song of silence." ---absolutely incredible book to share with others... HBCU ECSU author, Dr. Charles L. Singleton
