This week Jeanie Thompson interviews poet, playwright, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez talks about her belief in the power of poetry to help people survive their circumstances, including alienation and incarceration. She also speaks about her early life in Alabama, her father Wilson L. Driver, a 1980 Inductee in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and her formative experiences with the Black Arts Movement and the development of Black Studies programs around the country.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Alabama Arts Radio Podcast, Award Winning Poet, Sonia Sanchez
This week Jeanie Thompson interviews poet, playwright, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez talks about her belief in the power of poetry to help people survive their circumstances, including alienation and incarceration. She also speaks about her early life in Alabama, her father Wilson L. Driver, a 1980 Inductee in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and her formative experiences with the Black Arts Movement and the development of Black Studies programs around the country.
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