An Evening with Sonia Sanchez

Name: An Evening with Sonia Sanchez
Start: 2018-11-05T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-11-05T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 14th & V

Date and Time

Nov 5, 2018 6:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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Description:

Busboys and Poets Books welcomes renowned poet Sonia Sanchez! Enjoy our delicious food and allow Ms. Sanchez' poetry to inspire, educate and move you. The renowned African-American poet is 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. She was a recipient of 1993 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. In 2001, Sanchez was the recipient of the Robert Frost Medal for her poetry (one of the highest honors awarded to a nationally recognized poet) and The Wallace Stevens Award, an award given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry in 2018.