{"product_id":"black-wings-blind-angels-poems-9780679767312","title":"Black Wings \u0026 Blind Angels: Poems","description":"With fierce candor and an unflinching eye, the highly praised author of \u003cb\u003ePush\u003c\/b\u003e journeys through the harsh realities of African American existence to find the \"door to the possibility of now.\" The heroes that emerge from these forty-seven vigorous poems confront the agony of betrayal as they strive in their quest for self-transformation and redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the city streets to the rich landscape of dreams, each of these poems holds out the \"black wings of expectation\" offering the chance to emerge from the pain of the past and arrive at \"the day you have been waiting for\/when you would finally begin to live.\" At turns alarming and inspiring, the raw lyrics and piercing wisdom of \u003cb\u003eBlack Wings \u0026amp; Blind Angels\u003c\/b\u003e remind us of Sapphire's place as a unique and fearless voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSapphire is the author of \u003cb\u003eAmerican Dreams\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of poetry which was cited by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as, \"One of the strongest debut collections of the nineties.\" \u003cb\u003ePush\u003c\/b\u003e, her novel, won the Book-of-the-Month Club Stephen Crane award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's First Novelist Award, and, in Great Britain, the Mind Book of the Year Award. \u003cb\u003ePush\u003c\/b\u003e was named by the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the top ten books of 1996. \u003cb\u003ePush\u003c\/b\u003e was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction. About her most recent book of poetry \u003ci\u003ePoet's and Writer's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e wrote, \"With her soul on the line in each verse, her latest collection, \u003cb\u003eBlack Wings \u0026amp; Blind Angels\u003c\/b\u003e, retains Sapphire's incendiary power to win hearts and singe minds.\" Sapphire's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e. In February of 2007 Arizona State University presented \u003ci\u003ePUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: A Symposium on the Works of Sapphire\u003c\/i\u003e. Sapphire's work has been translated into eleven languages and has been adapted for stage in the United States and Europe. \u003ci\u003ePrecious\u003c\/i\u003e, the film adaption of her novel, recently won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance (2009).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424400376082,"sku":"9780679767312","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61b62821-da6c-410f-93bd-60f99bd4a67d.jpg?v=1751374565","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-wings-blind-angels-poems-9780679767312","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}