Sekou Sundiata, blessing the boats

"...a lean, spare, evocative piece that moves with the delicate precision of a surgeon's scalpel--slicing open a soul and setting its survivor's spirit loose." -- Berkshire Eagle

"blessing the boats" is a compelling montage of poems, prose pieces, and stand-up comedy riffs inspired by the authorÕs five-year bout with life--threatening kidney failure, an organ transplant, and a broken neck from a car accident. Performance artist and poet Sekou Sundiata takes us on a roller-coaster adventure as he tries to make sense of the panic, chaos, hope, relationships, and art that marked his brush with death.