Wounded in the House of A Friend

by SANCHEZ, SONIA

• ISBN13: 9780807068274
• ISBN10: 0807068276
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780807095300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-30
• Publisher: Beacon Press
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Summary

Renowned African-American poet Sonia Sanchez explores the pain, self-doubt, and anger that emerge in women's lives: an unfaithful life partner, a brutal rape, the murder of a woman by her granddaughter, the ravages of drugs. Sanchez transforms the unspoken and sometimes violent betrayals of our lives into a liberating vision of connection in emotional redemption, compassion, and self-fulfillment.

Author Biography

Sonia Sanchez is Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women's Studies at Temple University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
	p. 1
Wounded in the House of a Friend	p. 3
	p. 13
Catch the Fire	p. 15
On the Occasion of Essence's Twenty-fifth Anniversary	p. 18
A Love Song for Spelman	p. 20
Poem	p. 29
A Remembrance	p. 31
Sweet Honey in The Rock	p. 35
Bullet Holes of Resistance	p. 38
	p. 41
Love Song No. 3	p. 43
Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue	p. 51
Introduction of Toni Morrison, and Others, on the Occasion of the Publication of Her Book Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality	p. 54
Poem for July 4, 1994	p. 57
This Is Not a Small Voice	p. 63
	p. 65
Like	p. 67
Eyewitness: Case No. 3456	p. 69
Poem for Some Women	p. 71
Improvisation	p. 75
haiku 1	p. 81
blues haiku 1	p. 82
tanka	p. 83
haiku 2	p. 84
haiku 3	p. 85
haiku 4	p. 86
haiku 5	p. 87
haiku 6	p. 88
sonku	p. 89
South African tanka	p. 90
haiku 7	p. 91
haiku 8	p. 92
blues haiku	p. 93
haiku 9	p. 94
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