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Homegirls and Handgrenades

"Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty."—Isabel Allende

A reprint of Sonia Sanchez's award-winning collection, which contains some of her seminal work. Winner of the American Book Award.

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Sonia Sanchezis a poet, activist, and scholar and one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement. She is the author of sixteen books and lives in Philadelphia.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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