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.”
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.”
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.”
You may also like
-65%NEW
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest - Wahl, Phoebe - Hardcover
$19.99
$7.00
-65%NEW
Vladimir: A Novel - Hardcover
$27.00
$9.45
NEW
Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life - Paperback
$17.00
NEW
Kink: Stories - Paperback
$17.99
NEW
NBA 75: The Definitive History - Hardcover
$35.00
NEW
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1 (1) by Koyoharu Gotouge
$11.99
NEW
Ain't Burned All the Bright - Hardcover
$19.99
NEW
The House on Vesper Sands - Paperback
$16.95
NEW
Watch My Smoke: The Eric Dickerson Story - Hardcover
$26.95
NEW
Nothing to See Here - Paperback
$18.99
NEW
Where the Wild Things Are - Paperback
$11.99
NEW
The Trees: A Novel - Paperback
$17.00
Collected Poems - Sanchez, Sonia | Hi-Voltage Records
