The Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez

The Collected Poems

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The Collected Poems

Beacon Press

The Collected Poems

by Sonia Sanchez

$19.95
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Winner Gish Prize for Lifetime Achievement

A representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement, spanning the 4 decades of her literary career.

Gathering highlights from all of Sonia Sanchez's poetry, this compilation is sure to inspire love and community engagement among her legions of fans. Beginning with her earliest work, including poems from her first volume, Homecoming (1969), through to 2019, the poet has collected her favorite work in all forms of verse, from Haiku to excerpts from book-length narratives. Her lifelong dedication to the causes of Black liberation, social equality, and women's rights is evident throughout, as is her special attention to youth in poems addressed to children and young adults.

As Maya Angelou so aptly put it: "Sonia Sanchez is a lion in literature's forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly."
Book Details
Publisher:
Beacon Press
ISBN:
9780807007358
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
424
Authors:
Sonia Sanchez
Published Date:
2022-03-22
Language:
English
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About Sonia Sanchez

Born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama, Sonia Sanchez became a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement and earned a BA in political science from Hunter College in 1955. She has written more than twenty volumes of poetry, among them Homecoming (Broadside Press, 1969), Homegirls & Handgrenades (White Pine Press, 1984), winner of an American Book Award, Does your house have lions? (Beacon Press, 1995), Morning Haiku (Beacon Press, 2010), and Collected Poems (Beacon Press, 2021). Her honors include the Frost Medal, the 2018 Wallace Stevens Award, and the 2022 Jackson Poetry Prize. She held the Laura Carnell Chair in English at Temple University until 1999 and lives in Philadelphia.

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