Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Sonia Sanchez
![Sonia Sanchez](/apics/sonia-sanchez.jpg)
Born: September 9, 1934 (age 89)
Bio: Sonia Sanchez is an African-American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
Known for:
- Homegirls & Handgrenades (1985)
- Shake Loose My Skin (1999)
- Does Your House Have Lions ? (1997)
- Morning Haiku (2010)
- Wounded in the house of a friend (1995)