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Sonia Sanchez, A Love Letter — To The Poet Who Taught Me To Find My Voice
Her poetry helped the author turn trauma into self-expression and self-love, echoing its power to give voice to the unspeakable.
- Poet Sonia Sanchez profoundly shaped my writing through her work encountered in Philadelphia, where her majestic recitations taught me that poems hold our humanity, fears, and hope in flexible cadence.
- As a teenager in California's foster care system, I embraced poetry as my primary form of expression, and my poem "Eyes Like Mine" captured the horrors we survived before we had words.
- My years in Philadelphia studying at Penn overlapped with Sanchez's tenure as a professor at Temple University while I was immersed in Afro-American studies, bolstering my understanding of identity.
- Dr. Thema Bryant noted that poetry's power lies in enabling writers to "write in code," giving voice to the unspeakable while offering a flexible structure to break and rebuild our narratives.
- Writing poetry enabled me to step into my own voice while still too young to understand my full story, offering a flexible medium to land deep feelings on a page and build lasting resilience.
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My Love Letter To Sonia Sanchez, Who Gives Us Permission To Be Unabashed In Our Love For Ourselves
A love letter to Sonia Sanchez, who has taught generations of Black creatives to bend language, love unabashedly, and embrace the fullness of our humanity.
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