Blood Sugar - Softcover

Blackman, Nicole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888451343 ISBN 13: 9781888451344

Publisher: Akashic Books, 2002

Synopsis

Poetry. BLOOD SUGAR is a disturbing and evocative collection of new work and selected poems previously featured in Blackman's popular chapbooks Pretty, Sweet, and Nice. It is futile to resist her brutal accounts of obsession and beauty. So give in. "Blackman's spoken-word vignettes conjure up bleak, dangerous, death-haunted plots with matter-of-fact detail...Blackman has her own gift for tersely poetic aphorism--and a gift for turning nightmares into revelations"--New York Times. "[Blackman's] apocalyptic, spoken-word electrolysis...is a biting diagnosis of modern society"-Rolling Stone. "Beautiful, hypnotic...violence and sex intermingle and all pleasures are suspect"--Entertainment Weekly. "Sassy. Direct. Contemporary. Often merciless-impressive throughout"--Gwendolyn Brooks. "All girls are born with wings./They never tell you these things"--from "Fifteen, She Learns."

About this title

About the Author:

Blackman's work has appeared in five major anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Verses that Hurt, and Poetry Nation. She has performed on over fifteen albums, including recordings by Golden Palominos, KMFDM, Recoil, Bill Laswell, and Scanner. She has also performed on NPR, MTV Radio, and Spin Radio. She live in New York.

Review:

". . . such a rascally joy to read. Sassy. Direct. Contemporary. Often merciless -- impressive throughout. Bravo!" -- Gwendolyn Brooks, poet

"Alt-rock diva, wise-cracking Blackman is not so much the poetic conscience of Gen X as its caustic avenger." -- The Village Voice

"Blackman has a gift for turning nightmares into revelations." -- The New York Times

"She's the spoken word goddess." -- SonicNet

About this edition

• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1888451343
• ISBN 13: 9781888451344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 153