Electrifying poems exploring America's past and present through themes of race, family, violence, and self-transformation.
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Electrifying poems exploring America's past and present through themes of race, family, violence, and self-transformation.
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A book of electrifying poems by the acclaimed author of Push ("Brutal . . . redemptive"—Newsweek) and American Dreams ( 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 spiritu...
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Sexual content
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Explicit references to sex, incestuous abuse, prostitution, and genitalia throughout multiple poems.
Violence & gore
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Frequent depictions of homicide, domestic violence, war, and bodily trauma.
Profanity
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Pervasive use of slurs, sexual terms, and strong profanity across the collection.
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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References to lesbian identity and lesbian separatism in several poems.
Religious content
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Occasional references to God and spiritual seeking, largely metaphorical.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central exploration of racism, systemic violence, and American social fragmentation.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Graphic and recurring themes of childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and intergenerational trauma.
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