num_pages: 177
description: In 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.Whether 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."Stunning . . . . One of the strongest debut collections of the '90s."-- Publishers Weekly
language: English
title: American Dreams
titlecomplete: American Dreams
genres: LGBT, Feminism, Race, Fiction, African American, Literature, Poetry, Queer
ratings_count: 322
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Small Press Book
publisher: Vintage