{"product_id":"bone-by-yrsa-daley-ward","title":"Bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBone\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Yrsa Daley-Ward, Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Terrible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Kiese Laymon, Author of \u003cem\u003eHeavy: An American Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“yrsa daley-ward’s \u003cstrong\u003ebone\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003esalt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBone. Visceral. Close to. Stark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward’s collection \u003cstrong\u003ebone\u003c\/strong\u003e are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence—so clear and pared-down, they become universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003cstrong\u003ebone\u003c\/strong\u003e resonates to the core of what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You will come away bruised.\u003cbr\u003eYou will come away bruised\u003cbr\u003ebut this will give you poetry.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50540018598203,"sku":"014313261X","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/26128133482238.jpg?v=1756295656","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/bone-by-yrsa-daley-ward","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}