{"product_id":"this-is-not-a-small-voice-selected-poems-9780807024492","title":"This Is Not a Small Voice: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A lion in literature's forest\"--Maya Angelou\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling selection of poems from one of the most beloved American poets, whose distinctive verse resonates around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew poets in history have possessed the irrepressible humanity and abundant positivity that characterize Sonia Sanchez's astonishing body of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnergetic, infectious and rich with sonic exuberance, Sanchez's poems have radically transformed the direction of American poetry over the past six decades and have been an inspiration to readers around the world, including Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe. Whether it's her iconic haiku, rhythmic ballads or devastating elegies, Sanchez's luminous verse thrums with a profound generosity and an international consciousness, rendering all of life's agony and ecstasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume draws on Sanchez's diverse repertoire to showcase the multiplicities of the poet's voice--the profound and personal, the firebrand and socially conscious, the playful and formally dexterous, and the musical--to celebrate her as one of the world's most skilled and versatile poets of the past half century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonia Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807024492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonia Sanchez\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, playwright, educator, activist, and one of the founders of the Black Arts movement. She is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eDoes Your House Have Lions?\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eHomegirls \u0026amp; Handgrenades, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won an American Book Award. She has also received many other awards including the Robert Creeley Award, the Frost Medal, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sonia Sanchez \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792960438429,"sku":"9780807024492","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bb770af8-4add-4da7-b089-45ce6db0ea72.jpg?v=1774985666","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/this-is-not-a-small-voice-selected-poems-9780807024492","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}