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.
At turns alarming and inspiring, the raw lyrics and piercing wisdom of Black Wings & Blind Angels remind us of Sapphire's place as a unique and fearless voice.
- ISBN10 1841951013
- ISBN13 9781841951010
- Publish Date 7 August 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 January 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English