Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
An extraordinary retrospective covering over thirty years of work, Shake Loose My Skin is a stunning testament to the literary, sensual, and political powers of the award-winning Sonia Sanchez.
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An extraordinary retrospective covering over thirty years of work, Shake Loose My Skin is a stunning testament to the literary, sensual, and political powers of the award-winning Sonia Sanchez.Library JournalKnown as one of the leaders of the Black Arts movement, Sanchez, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Does Your House Have Lions? (LJ 4/1/97), has indeed been called a "lion in literature's forest" by Maya Angelou. In the tapestry of American literature, her work represents the underlying influence of African American history and emerges as a bold example of an experimental and revolutionary poetic form. By imitating the language of everyday speech, Sanchez solidifies the sound of the black American voice and places it more firmly in our literary canon. This retrospective of 30 years of work leaves one in awe of the stretches of language Sanchez has helped to legitimize throughout her career, language that carries the struggles of poverty, abandonment, racism, and drugs and offers a place of refuge and a path to hope. This book is highly recommended for YA and general collections.--Ann K. van Buren, New York Univ.
Homecoming3Poem at Thirty4Malcolm6Personal Letter No. 28A Poem for My Father9Poem No. 310Blues11Haiku12Sequences13Haiku16Poem No. 817Present18Tanka20Tanka21A Love Poem Written for Sterling Brown22Kwa mama zetu waliotuzaa23"Just Don't Never Give Up on Love"29Ballad35After Saturday Night Comes Sunday36I Have Walked a Long Time47On Passing thru Morgantown, Pa49On Seeing a Pacifist Burn50Letter to Ezekiel Mphahlele51Under a Soprano Sky57Philadelphia: Spring, 198559Haiku62Dear Mama63Fall67Fragment 168Fragment 269Haiku70Towhomitmayconcern71Blues72Song No. 273An Anthem75Graduation Notes77Wounded in the House of a Friend81Catch the Fire93A Remembrance96Poem for July 4, 1994101This Is Not a Small Voice106Like107Haiku 1109Haiku 9110Father's Voice113Dancing127Haiku128Tanka129Blues Haiku130Blues Haiku131Haiku132Love Poem133Mrs. Benita Jones Speaks139Morning Song and Evening Walk143For Sweet Honey in the Rock148Aaaayeee Babo (Praise God)151
\ Library JournalKnown as one of the leaders of the Black Arts movement, Sanchez, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Does Your House Have Lions? (LJ 4/1/97), has indeed been called a "lion in literature's forest" by Maya Angelou. In the tapestry of American literature, her work represents the underlying influence of African American history and emerges as a bold example of an experimental and revolutionary poetic form. By imitating the language of everyday speech, Sanchez solidifies the sound of the black American voice and places it more firmly in our literary canon. This retrospective of 30 years of work leaves one in awe of the stretches of language Sanchez has helped to legitimize throughout her career, language that carries the struggles of poverty, abandonment, racism, and drugs and offers a place of refuge and a path to hope. This book is highly recommended for YA and general collections.--Ann K. van Buren, New York Univ.\ \
