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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Black Arts Movement tradition
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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