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The Nile on eBay Super Sad Black Girl by Diamond Sharp In her brilliant debut collection of poetry, Diamond Sharp navigates questions of mental health, grief, and joy through her speaker's sardonic and playful imagination. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Diamond Sharp's Super Sad Black Girl is a love letter to her hometown of Chicago, where her speaker finds solace and community with her literary idols in the hopes of answering the question: What does it look like when Black women are free? Lorraine Hansberry and Gwendolyn Brooks appear throughout, counseling the speaker as she navigates her own depression and exploratory questions about the "Other Side," as do Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, and other Black women who have been murdered by police violence. is a compassionate and ethereal depiction of mental illness from a promising and powerful poet. Author Biography Diamond Sharp is a writer from Chicago and an alumna of Wellesley College. She is an editor at Bandcamp and a former editor at Rookie. Her work has been featured on Chicago Public Radio and Poetry Foundation, as well as in New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, PANK, and elsewhere. Review "I've never read a collection of writing—poetry or otherwise—that spoke so clearly to what it feels like to live with a bipolar brain. Diamond Sharp has done what has often felt like the impossible: she has translated what so many of us have experienced into something so jaw droppingly familiar and achingly beautiful that you can't escape the truth of it. More than just merely "feeling seen," this collection made me feel heard and held and understood. Sharp is a master of her craft and this book is a testimony and a song."—Bassey Ikpi, author of I'm Telling the Truth but I'm Lying"Deeply interior, alarmingly vivid, and full of dreamlike lyricism, this singular debut invites a reclamation of confessionalism for Black girls living—trying to live—today. Armed with Gwendolyn's deceptive simplicity and some Henny and anchored by Sharp's musical, crystalline voice and the subtle comedy of truth, Super Sad Black Girl is a wholly original collection that begs to be read, felt, and read again."—Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro"Diamond Sharp's debut work offers the dazzling, taut simplicity of Lucille Clifton with a voice all her own. Here, the poet mines the interiority of a Black woman perpetually in flight while living with bipolar disorder, flitting smartly between mania, psychosis, stability, social exile and belonging. With Sharp's stunningly controlled meditation on Black women's abiding fugitivity while in conversation with Chicago luminaries Hansberry, Brooks, and Walker, as well as Black women slain at the hands of police, Super Sad Black Girl offers the notion that maybe the freest place for Black women is not a definitive physical plane but in the company of one another."—Erika Dickerson-Despenza, playwright, educator, and organizer"Although Sharp has an extensive background in music criticism, there's little doubt that poetry is her raison d'être. Her poems are funny, unpretentious, and profoundly self- accepting."—M.T. Richards, Chicago Magazine Promotional National media campaign, including TV, radio, and podcast interviewsNational print and online campaign, including reviews, featuresExtensive social media campaign, including wide influencer galley mailing National consumer advertising campaign at publicationLibrary marketing Long Description Diamond Sharp's Super Sad Black Girl is a love letter to her hometown of Chicago, where her speaker finds solace and community with her literary idols in the hopes of answering the question: What does it look like when Black women are free? Lorraine Hansberry and Gwendolyn Brooks appear throughout, counseling the speaker as she navigates her own depression and exploratory questions about the "Other Side," as do Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, and other Black women who have been murdered by police violence. is a compassionate and ethereal depiction of mental illness from a promising and powerful poet. Review Quote "I've never read a collection of writing--poetry or otherwise--that spoke so clearly to what it feels like to live with a bipolar brain. Diamond Sharp has done what has often felt like the impossible: she has translated what so many of us have experienced into something so jaw droppingly familiar and achingly beautiful that you can't escape the truth of it. More than just merely "feeling seen," this collection made me feel heard and held and understood. Sharp is a master of her craft and this book is a testimony and a song." --Bassey Ikpi, author of I'm Telling the Truth but I'm Lying "Deeply interior, alarmingly vivid, and full of dreamlike lyricism, this singular debut invites a reclamation of confessionalism for Black girls living--trying to live--today. Armed with Gwendolyn's deceptive simplicity and some Henny and anchored by Sharp's musical, crystalline voice and the subtle comedy of truth, Super Sad Black Girl is a wholly original collection that begs to be read, felt, and read again." --Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro "Diamond Sharp's debut work offers the dazzling, taut simplicity of Lucille Clifton with a voice all her own. Here, the poet mines the interiority of a Black woman perpetually in flight while living with bipolar disorder, flitting smartly between mania, psychosis, stability, social exile and belonging. With Sharp's stunningly controlled meditation on Black women's abiding fugitivity while in conversation with Chicago luminaries Hansberry, Brooks, and Walker, as well as Black women slain at the hands of police, Super Sad Black Girl offers the notion that maybe the freest place for Black women is not a definitive physical plane but in the company of one another." --Erika Dickerson-Despenza, playwright, educator, and organizer "Although Sharp has an extensive background in music criticism, there's little doubt that poetry is her raison d' Description for Sales People AN HOMAGE TO THE AUTHOR'S LITERARY INFLUENCES AND HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO: Diamond Sharp resists the boundaries of time and space in this powerful and imaginative collection. FOR READERS WHO LOVE MORGAN PARKER AND SHIRA ERLICHMAN: This book will speak to young Black women and women of color, and those navigating trauma or complications with mental health. AN EXCITING DEBUT BY A POET-TO-WATCH: Diamond Sharp balances lyricism and narrative in a poetry collection that is meditative, playful, and profound. Details ISBN 1642598380 Author Diamond Sharp Publisher Haymarket Books Format Paperback Pages 72 ISBN-13 9781642598384 Imprint Haymarket Books Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States ISBN-10 1642598380 NZ Release Date 2023-01-26 UK Release Date 2023-01-26 DEWEY 811.6 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-03-20 Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-12-13 US Release Date 2022-12-13 Alternative 9781642598841 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139500374;