Shake Loose My Skin

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Shake Loose My Skin is a poetry collection by Sonia Sanchez that showcases her powerful, socially conscious verse rooted in Black American experience and activism.

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instanceOf poetry collection
addresses Black cultural pride
civil rights struggle
historical memory
police violence
structural inequality
author Sonia Sanchez
containsWorkBy Sonia Sanchez
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts urban Black life in America
focusesOn collective liberation
personal transformation
genre poetry
hasAuthorNationality American
hasEthnicFocus Black Americans
surface form: African American
hasForm printed book
intendedAudience general adult readers
readers of African American literature
readers of political poetry
language English
literaryForm free verse
spoken-word-influenced poetry
literaryMovement Black Arts Movement
style lyrical
oral tradition influenced
politically engaged
theme Black American experience
Black womanhood
activism
community
feminism
love
racism
resistance
social justice

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Sonia Sanchez notableWork Shake Loose My Skin