Poetry by Saeed Jones

September 9, 2014 • 5.5 x 8.25 • 124 Pages • 978-1-56689-374-9

How do we reckon our past without being ravaged by it? How do we use people, and their bodies, to express ourselves?

About the Author

Saeed Jones’s debut poetry collection Prelude to Bruise was the winner of the 2015 Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature Award and a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has appeared in publications like Guernica, The Rumpus, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and Blackbird among others. Saeed is the recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem and Queer / Art / Mentors.

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