{"product_id":"crysweat-bleed-write-9781733768375","title":"Cry.Sweat. Bleed. Write.","description":"\u003cp\u003eKay Bell's piercing and poignant collection of poems begins in a place of displacement, as the\u003cbr\u003e poet endures her childhood uprooting from the Caribbean islands to a fragmented America.\u003cbr\u003e There she encounters a mother's harsh life, fatherlessness, a stressed girlhood, and elusive\u003cbr\u003e opportunity. She is \"sponsored by aching,\" and experiences \"what it means to be a grown\u003cbr\u003e woman afraid of the dark,\" and discovers \"how difficult it is to anticipate the morning.\" Yet the\u003cbr\u003e poet's voice is resilient and determined, seeking intimate romantic connection, while attempting\u003cbr\u003e to relearn \"trust in man's uprooting flesh.\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKay, Bell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kay Bell can be quoted: \"If it makes me cry, sweat or bleed, then it is worth writing about.\" Her work appears in the book \"Brown Molasses Sunday: An Anthology of Black Women Writers\", The Lily Poetry Review, Moko: Caribbean Arts and Letters, The Write Launch, PRONG \u0026amp; PROSY and other venues. She earned a MFA at The City College of New York and lives in the Bronx. She considers herself a bibliophile.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleary, Eileen M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eileen Cleary is a nurse and poet who earned an MFA at Lesley University and second at Solstice of Pine Manor. She is twice a Pushcart nominee and has work published or upcoming in Naugatuck River Review, J Journal, The American Journal of Poetry, West Texas Literary Review, Right-Hand Pointing, Solstice, and Sugar House Review among others. Her work has appeared as a Rainworks Installation in Newton, Ma. She manages the Lily Poetry Salon and is Editor-in-Chief Lily Poetry Review and Lily Poetry Review Books. I'm taking a chance on my strange and authentic poems. Her debut poetry collection, 'Child Ward if the Commonwealth' was published by Main Street Rag Press in June 2019","brand":"Lily Poetry Review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641752195346,"sku":"9781733768375","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b09c4eb2-14d9-4c27-bd1f-81e60310ee5c.jpg?v=1733034419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crysweat-bleed-write-9781733768375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}