Shay Youngblood, playwright and author, has actually died in Peachtree City, GA at the age of 64. Her buddy, Kelley Alexander, stated the cause of death was ovarian cancer. Youngblood’s works, that include the narrative collection The Big Mama Stories (1989 ), the books Soul Kiss (1997) and Black Girl in Paris (2000 ), and her very first play, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, focused the lives of Black females and Black queer ladies. Kid’s author Jacqueline Woodson stated “The Black woman composing world is particularly little and the Black queer woman composing world is even smaller sized, so we’ve understood each for a long period of time, however Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery was the very first work of hers I check out, and I simply fell for it.” The movie was never ever made, Youngblood utilized the cash she got from Sidney Poitier optioning Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery as a movie task to participate in Brown University in the early ’90s. A movie adjustment of Black Girl in Paris is presently being made by author Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar). Youngblood isn’t made it through by any instant relative. To find out more about Youngblood’s life and works, see The New York Times. Discover more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books.
Shay Youngblood, Author and Playwright, Has Died at 64
