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Prelude to Bruise
by Saeed Jones
Stonewall Book Award · 2015 · WinnerNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry · 2014 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stonewall Book Award | 2015 | Winner |
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry | 2014 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Saeed Jones's debut collection moves through the American South, writing about a queer Black boyhood navigating violence, desire, and inheritance. Winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award and winner of the Stonewall Book Award Literature prize. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award.
About the Author
Saeed Jones is an American poet and memoirist whose work has been widely praised for its lyrical intensity, emotional bravery, and treatment of race, sexuality, and the American South. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he grew up in Lewisville, Texas, and received an MFA in Poetry from Rutgers University-Newark. Prelude to Bruise (2014), his debut poetry collection, won the Stonewall Book Award in Literature and the Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Read more →
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