Bone
By: Yrsa Daley-Ward ; foreword by Kiese Laymon
Contributors: Laymon, Kiese, writer of foreword
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780143132615
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: English poetry
Description: "From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of autobiographical poems about the heart, life, and the inner self. 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 resonate to the core of what it means to be human."--
Notes: Poems.

"Original edition published by the author in 2013"--Title-page verso.