Black Wings & Blind Angels - Hardcover

Sapphire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679446303 ISBN 13: 9780679446309

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999

Synopsis

A book of electrifying poems by the acclaimed author of Push ("Brutal . . . redemptive"--Newsweek) and American Dreams ("Her insights are precise, terrifying, and ultimately hopeful. She sings in many voices, and every one of them cries out for justice" --Dorothy Allison).
Alive with the emotional honesty and intellectual force for which Sapphire has been admired as both a writer and a performance artist, these forty-seven poems take us into America's past and present, bearing testimony to the black experience in a country fragmented by war, racism, and urban and domestic violence. They tell the story of a search for the complicated spiritual path back to one's roots, a story of family, race, and self-transformation.

A provocative book that astonishes by the power of its language.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Few literary works today are as affecting as [Sapphire's] or have had as much impact on our society." --Poets and Writers

"An enrapturing voice that charms and shocks." --The Miami Herald

"In Black Wings and Blind Angels, Sapphire hammers home pain until it is the shape of hope. . . . It is a must for poetry fans." --The Advocate

"[Sapphire's] characteristic intensity mixes with classical as well as experimental forms, excavating dreams, memory, and history to address a multitude of topics." --The Village Voice Literary Supplement

About the Author:

Sapphire is the author of American Dreams, a collection of poems. Her novel, Push, won the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's First Novelist Award for 1997 and the Book-of-the-Month Club Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679446303
• ISBN 13: 9780679446309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144