Does Your House Have Lions? Revised Edition Contributor(s): Sanchez, Sonia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807068314 ISBN-13: 9780807068311 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: In a collection of poems that "mirrors her brother's struggle against the confines of society" ("Publishers Weekly"), African-American poet Sonia Sanchez "transforms a black and anguished migration of the oppressed--her own brother's AIDS-wracked body--into a ritual of memory, forgiveness, and song" (Howard Baker, Jr.). |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Epic |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 96044574 |
Series: Bluestreak |
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.39" W x 8" (0.22 lbs) 80 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award-winner, this is an epic poem on kin estranged, the death of a brother from AIDS, and the possibility of reconciliation and love in the face of loss. |