{"product_id":"american-dreams-paperback-2","title":"American Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSapphire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Alice Walker, this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether she is writing about an enraged teenager gone \"wilding\" in Central Park, fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins gunned down by a Korean grocer, or a brutalized child who grows up to escape her probable fate through the miracle of art, Sapphire's vision in this collection of poetry and prose is unswervingly honest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning . . . . One of the strongest debut collections of the '90s.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Alice Walker, this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose. \u003cbr\u003eWhether she is writing about an enraged teenager gone \"wilding\" in Central Park, fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins gunned down by a Korean grocer, or a brutalized child who grows up to escape her probable fate through the miracle of art, Sapphire's vision in this collection of poetry and prose is unswervingly honest. \u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning . . . . One of the strongest debut collections of the '90s.\"--\"Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.99 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352454611193,"sku":"9780679767992","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U60KiJprOU9780679767992.webp?v=1769810713","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/american-dreams-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}