Does Your House Have Lions?

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"Does Your House Have Lions?" is a book-length, experimental poetic work by Sonia Sanchez that explores themes of family, memory, and African American identity through a chorus of interwoven voices.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
experimental poetic work ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Sonia Sanchez ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores collective memory ⓘ
healing and reconciliation ⓘ
identity formation ⓘ
personal memory ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
focusesOn African American community ⓘ
voices of family members ⓘ
genre African American literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasCreator Sonia Sanchez ⓘ
hasForm free verse ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm book-length poem ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century American literature ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
movement Black Arts Movement tradition ⓘ
linked to: Black Arts Movement
narrativeMode choral ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple voices ⓘ
structure sequence of interwoven monologues ⓘ
style experimental ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
subjectMatter African American family life ⓘ
HIV/AIDS ⓘ
urban experience in the United States ⓘ
theme African American identity ⓘ
death ⓘ
family ⓘ
family history ⓘ
illness ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
memory ⓘ
racism ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
usesDevice polyphony ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ

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