Bibliograph

Does your house have lions?, Sonia Sanchez

Type

Label

Does your house have lions?, Sonia Sanchez

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Does your house have lions?

Oclc number

35723603

Responsibility statement

Sonia Sanchez

Series statement

Bluestreak

Summary

Does Your House Have Lions? explores the life of Sonia Sanchez's brother - a vibrant young man who left the South for New York, immersed himself in the city's gay subculture, and became a victim of AIDS in the first years of the pandemic. Sanchez describes her brother's alienation from his family and his illness and death from AIDS with her characteristic tenderness. Told in the voices of sister, brother, father, mother, and ancestors, it is the story of kin estrangedAnd then finally brought together by their shared history of loss, separation, and pain. This brave epic poem shatters silences surrounding gay sexuality in African-American families and imagines the possibility of reconciliation and love. It offers a meditation on the living meanings of journey, life, and death - an opportunity for all of us to find a way home

Table Of Contents

Sister's voice -- Brother's voice -- Father's voice -- Family voices/ancestors' voices

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