Sonia Sanchez, Author Beacon Press (MA) $11 (94p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6826-7
Sanchez (Under a Soprano Sky), along with Nikki Giovanni, was a major player in the early 1970s as African American women began to explore feminist, political and cultural issues in poetry. Focusing on performance as an integral aspect of craft,...
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Sonia Sanchez, Author Beacon Press (MA) $16 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6830-4
Rich in kin and kindred spirits, this panegyrical collection displays Sanchez's gift for crafting public poetry out of social issues and familial relationships. Straightforwardly, Sanchez (Wounded in the House of a Friend) documents her brother's...
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Sonia Sanchez, Author, Deborah Chasman, Editor Beacon Press (MA) $22 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6850-2
Mapping out an education that starts with a ""Homecoming""--""I have been a/ way so long/ once after college/ I returned tourist/ style to watch all/ the niggers killing/ themselves""--and arrives at a ""Love Poem"" that asks, ""where are the...
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Sonia Sanchez. Beacon, $29.95 (424p) ISBN 978-0-8070-2652-6
In a haiku that appears toward the end of this collected, Sanchez writes: “i am who i am./ nothing hidden.” It’s a small poem, tucked into a hefty collection that spans ages, loves, and histories, but it epitomizes Sanchez’s vulnerability and...
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