Bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward

Bone

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Bone

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Bone

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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."
Book Details
Publisher:
Penguin Books
ISBN:
9780143132615
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
160
Authors:
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Published Date:
2017-09-26
Language:
English
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African American & Black All Poetry English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh European Love & Erotica Religious Women Authors Yrsa Daley-Ward

About Yrsa Daley-Ward

An English poet, writer, model, and actor born in Chorley, Lancashire, to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father, Yrsa Daley-Ward self-published her debut collection, bone, in 2014; Penguin reissued it in 2017 with additional poems. Her memoir in verse, The Terrible (Penguin, 2018), won the 2019 PEN/Ackerley Prize. She followed it with The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself (Penguin, 2021). She co-wrote Beyoncé's 2020 visual album Black Is King and has worked as a model for brands including Nike and Estée Lauder.

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