•  Robin Behn’s The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets who Teach (1992) is a practical way for aspiring poets to gain insight and guidance from numerous writing teachers. The book contains ninety exercises, along with essays to help readers hone their poetry-writing skills.

•  In the mid-1950s, Sanchez studied with Louise Bogan at New York University. The Blue Estuaries: Poems: 1923–1968 (1995) presents Bogan’s work.

•  Joyce A. Joyce’s Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition (1997) covers over thirty years of Sanchez’s work. The critical analysis is written in a style accessible to a wide audience.

•  Sonia Sanchez’s I’ve Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems (1985) provides a unified vision of Sanchez’s female-centered poetic voice...