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Prelude to Bruise

February 27, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: A collection of ferocious, insistent, searing poems, many of them about a young gay black man only ever called Boy. Some are beautiful, others gut-wrenching – but every single one will leave a bruise. The Review: I’ve never been much of a poem guy, you see. Oh, I like Billy Collins, sure. Poe, Keats, some Whitman, Longfellow, of course Shakespeare. My favorite collection up to this point was Seamus Heaney’s District and Circle, which I read in college and was […]

Categories: Non-Fiction • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, BuzzFeed, Coffee House Press, LGBTQ, Lyric, Memoir, Narrative, Narrative Poetry, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Prelude to Bruise, Reviews, Saeed Jones

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The Bellwether presents NOCTURNE

February 14, 2015 by Drew

(photo credit: Dani Lencioni) I’ve never been a poetry guy. I mean, I respect the craft and do enjoy certain poets – but they are, without exception, poets who fall squarely inside my frame of reference: old white guys.  Or at least they were. I started reading Saeed Jones’ Prelude to Bruise last week (much belatedly, I’ll admit) and while I’ve not finished it yet (so I won’t say too much and will save it for the review), it’s just about the […]

Categories: Events, Features • Tags: Art, Brooklyn, Design, Events, Installation, Jordan Kisner, Music, Nocturne, Performance, Poetry, Prelude to Bruise, Recap, Saeed Jones, The Bellwether, The Cave

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