Bone - Yrsa Daley-ward

nyrsa daley-ward's bone is a symphony of breaking and mending. . .

. she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing. .

. . an expert storyteller.

of the rarest. and purest kind. --nayyirah waheed, author of salt.

nFrom the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self. n nForeword by Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir n nBone. Visceral.

Close to. Stark. n n The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence--so clear and pared-down, they become universal.

n n From navigating the oft competing worlds of religion and desire, to balancing society's expectations with the raw experience of being a woman in the world; from detailing the experiences of growing up as a first generation black British woman, to working through situations of dependence and abuse; from finding solace in the echoing caverns of depression and loss, to exploring the vulnerability and redemption in falling in love, each of the raw and immediate poems in Daley-Ward's bone resonates to the core of what it means to be human. n n You will come away bruised. n You will come away bruised nbut this will give you poetry.

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