Noted poet, playwright, short story writer, and author of children's books. Sonia Sanchez was born on this day in Birmingham, Alabama. She became most noted for her poetry volumes, We a BaddDDD People, A Blues Book for Blue Black Magical Women, and anthologies she edited including We Be Word Sorcerers: 25 Stories by Black Americans.
Check out these Sonia Sanchez sites for more on her life and poetry:
aalbc.com
poets.org
Poetry
* Homecoming (1968)
* We a Baddddd People (1970)
* Love Poems (1973)
* A Blues Book for a Blue Black Magic Woman (1974)
* Autumn Blues
* Continuous Fire: A Collection of Poetry
* Shake Down Memory: A Collection of Political Essays and Speeches
* It's a New Day: Poems for Young Brothas and Sistuhs (1971)
* Homegirls and Handgrenades(1985)
* Under a Soprano Sky (1987)
* I've Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems(1995)
* Wounded in the House of a Friend (1995)
* Does Your House have Lions (1998)
* Like the Singing Coming Off of Drums (1999)
* Shake Loose My Skin (2000)
* Ash(2001)
* Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (2001)
Plays
* Black Cats and Uneasy Landings
* I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't (1982)
* The Bronx is Next (1970)
* Sista Son/Ji (1972)
* Uh Huh, But How Do It Free Us? (1975)
* Malcolm Man/Don't Live Here No More (1979)
Children's Books
* It's a New Day
* A Sound Investment
Anthologies
* We Be Word Sorcerors
* 360 Degrees of Blackness Coming at Ya!
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