Sonia Sanchez By: Amanda Mancini. About Sonia Sanchez Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934. Hunter College Married Writes poetry, books and plays. Won.

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Sonia Sanchez By: Amanda Mancini

About Sonia Sanchez Born in Birmingham, Alabama in Hunter College Married Writes poetry, books and plays. Won 8 awards

Homecoming i have been ai have returned way so longleaving behind me once after collegeall those hide and i returned touristseek faces peeling style to watch allwith freudian dreams. the niggers killingthis is for real. themselves with black 3 for onesniggers with needles my beauty. thatbaby. Cdi have learned it not supportain’t like they say their stutters.in the newspapers. now woman

Summer Words of a Sistuh Addict the first day i shot dope was on a Sunday. i had just come home from church got mad at my motha cuz she got mad at me. u dig? went out. shot up behind a feelen gainst her. it felt good. gooder than dooing it. yeah. it was nice. i did it. uh. huh. i did it. uh. huh. I want to do it again, it felt so gooooood. and as the sistuh sits in her silent/ remembered/high someone leans for ward gently asks her: sistuh. did u finally learn how to hold yo/mother? and the music of the day drifts in the room to mingle with the sistuh’s young tears. and we all sing.

Accomplishments Awards: 1984, Lucretia Mott Award 1985, Outstanding Arts Award from the Pennsylvania Coalition of 100 Black Women 1985, Community Service Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators 1985, American Book Award for Homegirls and Handgrenades 1988, Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Humanities 1989, Peace and Freedom Award from Women International League for Peace and Freedom (W.I.L.P.F.) 1992–1993, PEW Fellowship in the Arts 1999, recipient of Langston Hughes Poetry Award Written works: Plays: -Black Cats and Uneasy Landings -I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't -Sista Son/Ji -Uh Huh, But How Do It Free Us? -Malcolm Man/Don't Live Here No More Short Story (Collections): -A Sound Investment and Other Stories Children's Books: -It's a New Day -A Sound Investment -The Adventures of Fat Head, Small Head, and Square Head Poetry: -Homecoming -We a Baddddd People (1970) -Love Poems -A Blues Book for a Blue Black Magic Woman -Autumn Blues

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