Prelude to Bruise Format:Paperback and our laws have failed

and our laws have failed to keep up

"The evidence for hormonal sex differentiation of the human brain better resembles a hodge-podge pile than a solid structure

six-foot-five African-American drag queen and performance artist named Rose

"--School Library Journal *STARRED REVIEW*

Prelude to Bruise Format:Paperback and our laws have failedPraise for Saeed Jones: "Jones is the kind of writer who's more than wanted: he's desperately needed." FlavorWire "This book leaves your body transformed in a way that poetry should." ElevenEleven "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." D. A. Powell "Prelude to Bruise works its tempestuous mojo just under the skin, wreaking a sweet