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A difficult but very engaging collection; rarely do I read a book of poems straight through in one sitting, but on the train to Oslo that's just what I did with Black Wings. It's sprawling LA neon and incest and Michael Jackson and race riots; spirals out from familial abuse to injustices in society at large. Some spatterings of forgiveness or attempted forgiveness, but her strongest works are intense POV pieces from the damaged perpetators of further violence. Not easy to stomach, impossible to...
i think i prefer sapphire's prose writing to her poetry. these didn't feel as polished or as urgent as the novel push...
amazing heartbreaking heartmending. riveting enough to keep my attention while hanging out with little kids at the water park & also in the backseat of a long long car ride from North Carolina to Philadelphia. really one of the best books of poems i've read in a long time.
