Prelude to Bruise

Prelude to Bruise is a 2014 poetry collection by American author Saeed Jones, published by Coffee House Press on September 9, 2014.

Reception

Publishers Weekly praised the collection, writing, "Solid from start to finish, possessing amazing energy and focus, a bold new voice in poetry has announced itself."
Writing for NPR, poet Amal El-Mohtar said, "There are too many exceptional poems here to single out, and not a single one that didn't at least impress me."

Awards and nominations

It won the 2015 Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award and the 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. It was a finalist for the 2015 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, and the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.