| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
89 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Poems. |
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"Published originally by Thunder's Mouth Press"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
The power of love -- Poem no. 10 -- Welcome home, my prince -- After the fifth day -- Haiku -- Story -- Haiku -- "Just don't never give up on love" -- Blues is bullets -- After reading Wright's "American hunger" -- Blues -- Norma -- Depression -- Ballad -- To all brothers : from all sisters -- Poem no. 12 -- A song -- After Saturday night comes Sunday -- Beyond the fallout -- Bluebirdbluebird -- Haiku -- I have walked a long time -- Kaleidoscope -- On passing thru Morgantown, Pa. -- Masks -- ON seeing a pacifist burn -- Traveling on an Amtrak train could humanize you -- Grenades are not free -- Bubba -- A poem for Jesse -- Reflections on Margaret Walker -- Haiku -- A letter to Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Reflections after the June 12th March for Disarmament -- A letter to Dr. Martin Luther King -- MIAs. |
| Summary |
A collection of poetry by activist, scholar, and American Book Award-winning writer Sonia Sanchez in which she discusses the pain and beauty inherent in her role as an African-American woman and her struggle for peace. |
| Awards |
American Book Award. |
| Subject |
African American women -- Poetry.
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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African American women. |
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African Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
White Pine Press, publisher.
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| Added Title |
Homegirls and handgrenades |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- Homegirls & handgrenades. 1st ed. Buffalo, N.Y. : White Pine Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)647113466 |
| ISBN |
9781893996809 |
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1893996808 |
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9781935210795 (pbk.) |
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1935210793 (pbk.) |
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