Prelude to bruise / Saeed Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Saeed author.
Format Book
PublicationMinneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 103 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
American poetry--21st century.
African American gay people--Southern States. --Poetry.
Abused gay men--Poetry.
Homosexuality--Southern States. --Poetry.
Fathers and sons--Poetry.

Uniform titlePoems. Selections
Contents Anthracite -- 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 -- "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 -- Secondhand (smoke) -- Body & Kentucky bourbon -- Eclipse of my third life -- Guilt -- Sleeping arrangements -- Apologia -- Ketamine & company -- Thralldom II -- Skin like brick dust -- Kingdom of trick, kingdom of drug -- Blue prelude -- In Nashville -- Highway 407 -- Meridian -- Mercy -- Mississippi drowning -- Casket sharp -- Dominion -- The fabulist -- Room without a ghost -- Dirge -- After last night -- Hour between dog & wolf -- Postapocalyptic heartbeat -- History, according to Boy -- Last portrait as Boy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formPoetry.
LCCN 2014008086
ISBN9781566893749 (pbk.)
ISBN1566893747 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3610 .O6279 P74 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold