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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- • The poem "4 haiku (for Max Roach)" is by African American writer Sonia Sanchez.
- • It was published in her 2010 poetry book entitled Morning Haiku.
- • The poem is written as a sequence of four haiku.
- • According to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House (PRH), the book "celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures."
- • According to Sanchez, she chose to write in the form of haiku because it helps "maintain memory and dignity."
- • The poem "4 haiku (for Max Roach)" is by African American writer Sonia Sanchez.
- • It was published in her 2010 poetry book entitled Morning Haiku.
- • The poem is written as a sequence of four haiku.
- • According to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House (PRH), the book "celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures."
- • According to Sanchez, she chose to write in the form of haiku because it helps "maintain memory and dignity."