false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174455802m/404041.jpg 404041 2 <P>"Alt-rock diva, wise-cracking Blackman is not so much the poetic conscience of Gen X as its caustic avenger."-<I>Village Voice</I></P><P>"Blackman has a gift for turning nightmares into revelations."-<I>New York Times</I></P><P><I>Blood Sugar </I>is a disturbing and evocative collection of new work and selected poems previously featured in Blackman's enormously popular chapbooks <I>Pretty, Sweet</I>, and <I>Nice</I>. Her work has appeared in five major anthologies including <I>Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Verses That Hurt</I>, and <I>Poetry Nation</I>. Blackman has performed on over twenty recordings, including collaborations with Golden Palominos, Recoil, KMFDM, and Scanner. She has also performed internationally and on NPR, MTV Radio, Spin Radio, and been featured on Salon.com. It is futile to resist her brutal accounts of obsession and beauty. So give in.</P> 1325978 2000 Blood Sugar total:93|5:51|4:23|3:15|2:3|1:1| 93 399 135 13 1 1 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 05 18:00:01 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 14:42:06 -0800 2009 2 Blood Sugar I was fifteen or sixteen years old and my exposure to the subjects covered within it was extremely limited. This collection of poetry made a strong, positive impression upon me simply because I was unfamiliar with other poetry about topics such as eating disorders and M...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Jul 27 08:21:32 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 08:39:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 03 11:11:14 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 11:41:00 -0700 2007
I found the book as soon as I could and have purchased countless copies to give to friends over the years. Blackman's words are dangerous, vic...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 10 17:28:28 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 17:28:31 -0700 2007 Not so here. So brutally honest, it almost hurts. Like watching someone slit her wrists open, then describe every single event in her lif...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 31 16:09:22 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 16:40:38 -0700 2007 really think about them. To their faces, even.more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 23 15:20:52 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 20:14:27 -0700 2007 ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 19 11:44:34 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 11:47:30 -0700 2007 4 0 true false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Sep 22 23:28:17 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 23:41:00 -0700 2008
I'm pretty much long over it by now, but her work with the Golden Palominos was nice back in the day.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jun 14 21:58:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 22:03:54 -0700 2007
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