Prelude to Bruise

<div><B>Praise for Saeed Jones:</B><BR><BR>"Jones is the kind of writer who''s more than wanted: he''s desperately needed."<B>¿<I>FlavorWire</I></B><BR><BR>"This book leaves your body transformed in a way that poetry should." <B>¿<I>ElevenEleven</I></B><BR><BR>"I get shout-happy when I read these poems; they are the gospel; they are the good news of the sustaining power of imagination, tenderness, and outright joy."<B>¿D. A. Powell</B><BR><BR>"Prelude to Bruise works its tempestuous mojo just under the skin, wreaking a sweet havoc and rearranging the pulse. These poems don''t dole out mercy. Mr. Jones undoubtedly dipped his pen in fierce before crafting these stanzas that rock like backslap. Straighten your skirt, children. The doors of the church are open."<B>¿Patricia Smith</B><BR><BR>"It''s a big book, a major book. A game-changer. Dazzling, brutal, real. Not just brilliant, caustic, and impassioned but a work that brings history¿in which the personal and political are inter-constit