Blood Sugar Author:Nicole Blackman "Alt-rock diva, wise-cracking Blackman is not so much the poetic conscience of Gen X as its caustic avenger."-Village Voice"Blackman has a gift for turning nightmares into revelations."-New York TimesBlood Sugar is a disturbing and evocative collection of new work and selected poems previously featured in Blackman's enormous... more »ly popular chapbooks Pretty, Sweet, and Nice. Her work has appeared in five major anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Verses That Hurt, and Poetry Nation. 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.« less
The poems in this book were nothing less than incredible. I first found her work in another collection called Verses that Hurt, but to be honest, her poems were some of the only ones I enjoyed. Her words are strong and true. The poems about things I had never personally experienced were the most eye opening. If I had to pick a top favorite it would have to be "Us".