Under a Soprano SkyThis latest collection of new and selected poems by Sonia Sanchez suggests feminist concerns around which these poems revolve. The many haiku, narrative, and elegies in these poems contain Sanchez's own brand of Afro-American lyricism, and range in tone from anger, to cynicism, to reverence. The subjects range from autobiography to social commentary, from motherhood to South Africa. All the poems reflect Sanchez's concern with expanding contours of the English language to facilitate her self-expression as a black woman. The collection also reflects her interest in the words and images of Third World artists. She incorporates Bob Marley, Pablo Neruda, and Nicholas Guillen into her own world view by using excerpts from their poems as epigraphs to five sections of this collection. ISBN 0-86543-053-5 (pbk.): $6.95. |
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under a soprano sky | 3 |
Poem | 15 |
At the Gallery of La Casa De Las Americas Habana dec 1984 | 21 |
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3rd grade sisters african diaspora afternoon ain't attica Auschwitz Belkin Black history month/February blood blues bones Brandywine Peace Community breaths c'mon children of soweto Clarence H dance Dear Mama death died today domestic workers dreams earth eyes face and mouth fire flesh gallows of Central give me courage going green Harriet Tubman heads i say hummed ima gonna infanticide Intelligent 10:30 laughter leaving fo winter legs long line love me baby Malcolm's Ballot mama Dixon Monica and Andrew moon of sonia morning moved myth Ngugi wa Thiong'o night noise Old Black Joe pablo neruda peel philadelphia poet Praise psst real poem sail seasons short poem singing sitting skin smell smile song Sonku soprano sky spit step back johnnies sun goes tanka for papa Temple University towbomitmayconcern turned veins voice waking walking waves wind woman women words yo mama young girls
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Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications Robert Bayley,Ceil Lucas Limited preview - 2007 |