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Homegirls and Handgrenades

Author: Sonia Sanchez

Winner of the American Book Award

A classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition

“A lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly.”—Maya Angelou

Originally published in 1984, this collection of prose, prose poems, and lyric verses is as fresh and radical today as it was then. Sonia Sanchez, the premiere poet of the Black Arts Movement, shows the “razor blades” in clenched in her teeth in these powerful pieces.


About the Series

Celebrating Black Women Writers reissues and revives Beacon Press’s previously published literary works by Black women. The series uplifts exceptional work written by Black women in honor of their stories, lives, and experiences throughout history and beyond.
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Homegirls and Handgrenades

ISBN: 978-080701295-6
Publication Date: 3/21/2023
Size:5.375 x 8 Inches (US)
Price:  $17.95
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock.