NEW BOOK: The Kid by Sapphire
Award-winning poet and novelist Sapphire has a new book - The Kid (Penguin Press HC, The July 5, 2011) I ran into Sapphire in Manhattan several months ago at the subway. This was right after the release of the film "Precious." Sapphire is the first person and writer I sought advice from regarding MFA programs when I first moved to NYC. She earned her MFA degree from Brooklyn College and has been a terrific example of what it means to be a woman artist who is fearless. Sapphire is one of the few writers whose work affects me in such a way that her words compel me to want to go deeper in my own writing. When we talked last fall, I congratulated her on the success of her works and the film adaptation of Push . I was interested to know what she would turn her attention to next. A new volume of poetry? Another novel? Teaching on the college level? Just from talking with her I could tell she had alot of new opportunities before her. I re...