 During her time at NYU, she formed a writers’ workshop in Greenwich Village, where the “Broadside Quartet” was born.The “Broadside Quartet” included other prominent Black Arts Movement artists such as Haki Madhubuti, Nikki Giovanni and Etheridge Knight.These young poets were introduced and promoted by Dudley Randall, an established poet and publisher.Although her first marriage to Puerto Rican immigrant Albert Sanchez did not last, Sonia Sanchez would retain her professional name.