A Blues Book for Blue Black Magical Women

by Sonia Sanchez

Description

This powerful poetry collection blends blues-inflected language, musical rhythms, and experimental forms to celebrate the lives, struggles, and inner strength of Black women. With emotional intensity and sharp social awareness, the poems explore identity, love, history, sexuality, motherhood, racial injustice, and the search for liberation. Rooted in Black cultural expression and feminist consciousness, the work transforms personal and communal experience into an urgent, lyrical act of resistance. Its bold voice reflects the innovative spirit of the Black Arts Movement and the significance of Broadside Press in amplifying African American poets.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

Broadside Press

Published Jan 1, 1974

62 pages

ISBN: 0910296782

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Details

First Published

1974

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for A Blues Book for Blue Black Magical Women by Sonia Sanchez.

Racism/Discrimination
Sexual Content
Violence