From "This is Not a Small Voice" by Sonia Sanchez
An internationally acclaimed poet, Sonia Sanchez is an Alabama-native with a twenty-seven yearlong writing career and has helped innovate the craft to what it is today. Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1934, and describes herself as a voice from the South as well as from urban, northern areas, such as Harlem, where she moved to as a little girl.