Tiptoe through the near dark apartment, rush sleep stiff fingers to the keys before the thought flies into mist with no return ticket. I am god in her garden with unscrubbed breath. On my right hand, typed and scribbled notes. On my left, munchies and water. Muses come just to dance with me. We wrap bells on our toes and get down to bizness. Sometimes to get to the light you have to type in the dark...

Black Women For Beginners
"A spirited inquiry addressing the aftereffects of the 'African diaspora' on black women worldwide, their struggles and triumphs... Sharp probes perceptions and stereotypes from time immemorial in an effective chronicle of the history and culture of black women... bringing a voice of humor and passion to much of the material."–Booklist

Part of the popular For Beginners series, currently distributed by Random House.

Higher Ground
S. Pearl on the mike - 14 new cuts backed with first class jazz.

"This is poetry by the pound, the words are truth and the jazz is like honey to red clover tea, oh so sweet!" -- Truth Theory, host of Mic Check

Typing In The Dark
Sharp's fourth published volume of poetry includes photographs by Calvin R. Hicks, Nathaniel Bellamy, Gerald Cyrus and Adele Hodge. Harlem River Press, New York, 1991.

"Sharp's work is guaranteed to render discomfort to whomever's comfortable, complacent or compromising."
--Alex Haley.

Included in the anthologies: (partial list)
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, edit. Michael Meyer; Bedford/St. Martin’s,8th edit., 2009

The Black Body edit. Meri Nana Danquah; Seven Stories Press, 2009

Let Loose On The World: Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75, publ. Ted Wilson and The Amiri Baraka Commemoration Committee, 2009

Poetry An Introduction, edit. Michael Meyer; Bedford/St. Martin’s, 6th edit., 2009 and 5th edit., 2007

Voices From Leimert Park, edit. Shonda Buchanan; Tsehai Publ. 2006

Beyond The Frontier: African-American Poetry for the 21st Century, edit. E. Ethelbert Miller; Black Classic Press, 2002

Tenderheaded: Comb-Bending Hair Stories, edit. Juliette Harris, Pamela Johnson; Pocket Books/ Simon & Schuster 2001

Voices Along The River, edit. Claudette Morell, Paula Panzarella; Kellog Environmental Center, Conn. 2001

Spirit & Flame, edit. Keith Gilyard; Syracuse Univ. Press, 1997

A Rock Against The Wind, edit. Lindsay Patterson; Dodd Mead, 1973; 2nd edit., Perigree Books, 1996

I Hear A Symphony: African-Americans Celebrate Love, edit. Paula L. Woods, Felix Lidell; Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1994

Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity, edit. Elena Featherston; Crossing Press, 1994

We Who Believe In Freedom, edit. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Sweet Honey In The Rock; Anchor Books, 1993

Erotique Noir, edit. Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Reginald Martin, Roseann P. Bell; Doubleday, 1992

Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters, edit. Patricia Bell-Scott, Beverly
Guy-Sheftall, et al; Beacon Press, 1991

Say That The River Turns: The Impact of Gwendolyn Brooks, edit. Haki Madhubuti;Third World Press, 1987

The Magic of Black Poetry, edit. Raoul Abdul; Dodd-Mead, 1972

We Speak As Liberators, edit. Orde Coombs; Dodd-Mead, 1970