Poet-activist Sonia Sanchez will read her work and talk about her life on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Sanchez was the recipient in 2001 of the Frost Medal in American Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Society of America for a distinguished lifetime of service to American poetry. Author of 16 books, Sanchez has been active in the Black civil rights and Black nationalist movements, and is a founder of Black Studies. She has lectured at more than 500 universities and colleges in the United States and has read
her poetry in Africa, Cuba, England, the Caribbean, Australia, Nicaragua, the People's Republic of China, Norway, and Canada.
The talk is sponsored by the Irwin Chair in Women's Studies, Office of the President, Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Kirkland Endowment, Faculty for Women's Concerns, Office for Student Multicultural Affairs, Women's Studies Program, Africana Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of English, Department of Spanish, Department of Rhetoric & Communication, The Black Student Union, La Vanguardia, The Rainbow Alliance, and the Womyn's Center.
