{"title":"Yrsa Daley-Ward","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bone","title":"Bone","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"yrsa daley-ward's \u003ci\u003ebone \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003esalt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy: An American Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBone. Visceral. Close to. Stark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's collection \u003ci\u003ebone\u003c\/i\u003e are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence--so clear and pared-down, they become universal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ebone\u003c\/i\u003e resonates to the core of what it means to be human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"You will come away bruised. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou will come away bruised\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut this will give you poetry.\" \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Yrsa Daley-Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793316511786,"sku":"9780143132615","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/bone-8342015.jpg?v=1762150884"}],"url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/collections\/yrsa-daley-ward.oembed","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}