Counting the Black Angels

Counting the Black Angels
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0252063813
ISBN-13 : 9780252063817
Rating : 4/5 (817 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Counting the Black Angels by : Len Roberts

Download or read book Counting the Black Angels written by Len Roberts and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Len Roberts is a poet of unwavering truthfulness and unwavering mercy," commented Sharon Olds about Black Wings, a 1988 National Poetry Series selection. Counting the Black Angels, Roberts's eighth book of poetry, is a piercingly painful and redemptive work in which he probes memories of a violent family history and his covenants with God and the "Black Angels." "Roberts's new work is among the most intelligent, moving, and expressive poetry now being written." -- Hayden Carruth


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