Excerpt from "Passing" (2002)

The 2002 edition of Passing published by The Modern Library is an updated version of the 2000 edition. It includes the same introduction by Shange included in the 2000 edition with the addition of a critical foreword by Mae Henderson and a new reading group guide. The excerpt includes the front and back covers, title page, copyright page, biography of Nella Larsen, contents, first page of introduction, last page of introduction/biographical note for Ntozake Shange, first page of foreword, notes and selected bibliography for critical foreword, biographical note for Mae Henderson, dedication, epigraph, final page of the novel, first page of notes on the novel, reading group guide, a note on the type, and publisher’s advertisements.