Homegirls and Handgrenades

Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty. Isabel Allende

A reprint of Sonia Sanchez s award-winning collection, which contains some of her seminal work. Winner of the American Book Award.

Sonia Sanchez is a poet, activist, and scholar and one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement. She is the author of sixteen books and lives in Philadelphia.