“sonia sanchez”

"A searing new book. . . . (Sanchez's) poetry and prose ask the reader to risk dizziness, to attempt to catapult the body beyond book covers, to be ready for more of what's out there".Kimiko Hahn, Philadelphia INQUIRER. "Raw and lyrical prose exploring the pain, self-doubt and anger in women's lives... More

In a collection of poems that "mirrors her brother's struggle against the confines of society" ("Publishers Weekly"), African-American poet Sonia Sanchez "transforms a black and anguished migration of the oppressed--her own brother's AIDS-wracked body--into a ritual of memory, forgiveness, and song"... More

An extraordinary retrospective covering over thiry years of work, SHAKE LOOSE MY SKIN is a stunning testament to the literary, sensual, and political powers of the award-winning Sonia Sanchez.... More

"Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty."--Isabel Allende. This volume is a reprint of Sanchez's award-winning collection, which contains some of her seminal work. Winner of the American Book Award."Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pai... More

A collection of sensual love poems from one of the most prominent African-American poets and a leader of the Black Arts Movement.In the movie lovejones, in Vibe magazine, and in music by rapper D Knowledge, the love poems of Sonia Sanchez have put into words the passions of a generation. Like the Si... More

Introduction by Sonia Sanchez Winner of the 2000 Barnard New Woman Poets Prize... More

This raw and powerful memoir is not only of one woman's struggle to survive the streets but also of her ascent to the top ranks of the new Mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs were members of her own.This is a raw and powerful memoir not only of one woman's struggle to surviv... More

From the river Nile to the teeming streets of Cairo, from the indigenous, pre-Islamic Egyptian Coptic civilization to an America struggling with its fear of the Arab world, Shenoda's poems recall the sacred traditions of an ancient, enduring culture as they widen the political conversation surroundi... More

The winner of the 2005 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, "Lions Don't Eat Us" introduces a fierce and wise new voice "There' s nothing to be afraid of.Don' t ever let boys kiss you.Be nice. One day you' ll get married.Keep your legs closed. Dance."-- from " Grandmother Said" In one of Aesop' s Fables, the Ro... More