Poet and Playwright Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez at 2011 Alabama Book Festival

This is a rebroadcast of  Alabama Writer's Forum Director Jeanie Thompson interviewing poet, playwright, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez.  Sanchez talks about her belief in the power of poetry to help people survive their circumstances, including alienation and incarceration. She also speaks about her early life in Alabama, her father Wilson L. Driver, a 1980 Inductee in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and her formative experiences with the Black Arts Movement and the development of Black Studies programs around the country

Jeanie Thompson and Sonia Sanchez

This special radio series will air every Sunday at 11:00 - 11:30 A.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:  

• WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
• WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
• WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City) 

This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#sanchez2

If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov

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