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dem called [[?]] for a kill looking for a crazy Negro...unamerican, communism, know nothing [[?]]

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shooting for the 21st [[?]] of 1951

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{white noise and barely audible unknown speaker??}

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{Sonia Sanchez}
You haven’t been with another woman, and I know I didn’t think she could handle the kind of man she was really marrying , etc. so I did this poem for her called poem number 7 for her and all women who have experienced that.

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{Sonia Sanchez} When he came home from her
he poured me on the bed and
slid into me like glass and
there was the sound of splinters

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{ music-oboe or flute?}

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
The voice and work of Black American poet, storyteller, playwright, Sonia Sanchez.

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
She’s today’s guest on the Literary Corner, Black Writers of the World, a series of analysis and interpretations of Black world literature.

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
Sonia Sanchez is an instructor of English at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
Her works include books of poetry, children’s books and plays. She is also the editor at large for the Journal of Black Poetry

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and Black Theater Magazine in addition to writing articles for various literary periodicals.

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
Today you'll will hear an interview with Sonia Sanchez, professor Sarah Fabio and myself Pam Johnson.

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{SPEAKER name="Pam Johnson "}
We'll discuss Sonia Sanchez's work and her


Transcription Notes:
Lot of white noise in the beginning, please review and revise