Counting the Black Angels: POEMS / Edition 1

"Len Roberts is a poet of unwavering truthfulness and unwavering         mercy," commented Sharon Olds about , a 1988 National         Poetry Series selection. , 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."         —