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bone

by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Kiese Laymon
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“yrsa 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.
From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
Foreword by Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir
Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark.
 
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.
 
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.
 
“You will come away bruised.
You will come away bruised
but this will give you poetry.” 

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  • Release date

    September 26, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9780525504528
      • File size: 1096 KB

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      • ISBN: 9780525504528
      • File size: 1074 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2017

      Transmogrified to poet, what she really wanted, actress/model Daley-Ward had a big hit when she self-published this collection in 2014. In language that's frank, colloquial, and full of yearning, she deals with desire, friendship, sexual predation, and what it's like to be a queer first-generation black British woman. (Her mother is Jamaican and her father Nigerian.) "You are a beautiful/ danger" says the opening poem. "I should not enter./ But I might." And elsewhere: "According to you, / people like me/ shouldn't go into places like this." Some of the pieces are more adage than fully developed verse, but Daley-Ward has rawness and heart as she expresses wholly relatable feelings. VERDICT A bright, accessible work for readers beyond the poetry crowd.

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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