WinnerGishPrizeforLifetimeAchievementArepresentativecollectionofthelifeworkofthemuch-honoredpoetandafounderoftheBlackArtsmovement,spanningthe4decadesofherliterarycareer.GatheringhighlightsfromallofSoniaSanchez’spoetry,thiscompilationissuretoinspireloveandcommunityengagementamongherlegionsoffans.Beginningwithherearliestwork,includingpoemsfromherfirstvolume,Homecoming(1969),throughto2019,thepoethascollectedherfavoriteworkinallformsofverse,fromHaikutoexcerptsfrombook-lengthnarratives.HerlifelongdedicationtothecausesofBlackliberation,socialequality,andwomen’srightsisevidentthroughout,asisherspecialattentiontoyouthinpoemsaddressedtochildrenandyoungadults.AsMayaAngelousoaptlyputit:“SoniaSanchezisalioninliterature’sforest.Whenshewritessheroars,andwhenshesleepsothercreatureswalkgingerly.“
