Prelude to Bruise
Prelude to Bruise is a 2014 poetry collection by American author Saeed Jones, published by Coffee House Press on September 9, 2014.[2][3][4]
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| Author | Saeed Jones |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Syreeta McFadden (photo)[1] Linda Koutsky (design)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
Publication date | September 9, 2014 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 124 |
| Awards | 2015 Barbara Gittings Literature Award 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry |
| ISBN | 978-1-56689-374-9 |
| 811/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3610.O6279 P74 2014 |
Contents
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| Anthracite | |
| 1 | Insomniac |
| Closet of Red | |
| The Blue Dress | |
| Isaac, after Mount Moriah | |
| Pretending to Drown | |
| Boy in a Stolen Evening Gown | |
| Boy at Edge of Woods | |
| Terrible Boy | |
| Daedalus, after Icarus | |
| Boy in a Whalebone Corset | |
| Boy Found inside a Wolf | |
| Boy at Threshold | |
| After the First Shot | |
| Last Call | |
| 2 | "Don't Let the Sun Set on You" |
| Prelude to a Bruise | |
| Coyote Cry | |
| Jasper, 1998 | |
| Lower Ninth | |
| Drag | |
| Kudzu | |
| Beheaded Kingdom | |
| Thralldom | |
| Cruel Body | |
| Thallium | |
| He Thinks He Can Leave Me | |
| 3 | Secondhand (Smoke) |
| Body & Kentucky Bourbon | |
| Eclipse of My Third Life | |
| Guilt | |
| Sleeping Arrangement | |
| Apologia | |
| Ketamine & Company | |
| Thralldom II | |
| Skin Like Brick Dust | |
| Kingdom of Trick, Kingdom of Drug | |
| Blue Prelude | |
| In Nashville | |
| 4 | Highway 407 |
| Meridian | |
| Mercy | |
| Mississippi Drowning | |
| Casket Sharp | |
| Dominion | |
| The Fabulist | |
| Room without a Ghost | |
| Dirge | |
| After Last Light | |
| Hour between Dog & Wolf | |
| Postapocalyptic Heartbeat | |
| 5 | History, according to Boy |
| 6 | Last Portrait as Boy |
Reception
Publishers Weekly praised the collection, writing, "Solid from start to finish, possessing amazing energy and focus, a bold new voice in poetry has announced itself."[5]
Writing for NPR, poet Amal El-Mohtar said, "There are too many exceptional poems here to single out, and not a single one that didn't at least impress me."[6]
Awards and nominations
It won the 2015 Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award[7] and the 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry.[8] It was a finalist for the 2015 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry,[9] the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry,[10] and the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.[11]
References
- Saeed Jones (August 18, 2014). Prelude to Bruise. Coffee House Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-56689-384-8.
- "Prelude to Bruise". Coffee House Press. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- Feeney, Nolan (September 29, 2014). "Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems". Time. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- Journey, Anna. "The Queer Baroque: On Saeed Jones's Prelude to Bruise". The Kenyon Review (Fall 2014 ed.). Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- "Fiction Book Review: Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones". Publishers Weekly. September 1, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- El-Mohtar, Amal (September 3, 2014). "Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise". NPR. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- "Prelude to Bruise". American Library Association. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- "2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry". PEN America. February 2, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- "Publishing Triangle's 27th annual Triangle Awards to be presented". Windy City Times. March 10, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- Lund, Elizabeth (March 10, 2015). "The best in poetry: National Book Critics Circle Award finalists". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 20, 2019.