Tribute to Sonia Sanchez 

Sunday September 15th, 2024 – 2pm  VIRTUAL

Registration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83627572456?pwd=JE0PCSxPn26WT6hBZ8aSmXHm0PqDxo.1 

Happy 90th Birthday, Sonia

Sonia Sanchez—poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books.

Join us for a virtual reading to celebrate Sonia’s birthday and lifetime of contributions to poetry and the literary community, both in Philadelphia and world-wide. Contributors from our Tribute to Sonia Sanchez anthology will be reading their pieces and others inspired by her work.

“Let me wear the day

Well so when it reaches you

You will enjoy it.”

– Sonia Sanchez