It is a memoir in poetic fragments pieced together with such skill it leaves one in chills for the entire read. It is the sword and armor a warrior would take into battle with them, and the battle cry that echoes afterward. This memoir is fierce and knocks you out of breath with each page you turn, it is almost impossible to put the book down. Nevertheless, this memoir is a story brimming with elements connecting Jones to poetry, to every black predecessor in the country, and to every person with a shared dream of gaining an opportunity at upward social mobility through an education that they could not afford. His most recent book, How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir (2019), is his biography to the world detailing events that have shaped his unique narrative. Prelude to Bruise was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. As a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from Cave Canem and Queer/Art/Mentorship, Saeed Jones is a poet and the author of Prelude to Bruise (2014).
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