(Daley-Ward, Yrsa) Yrsa Daley-Ward is a writer and poet of mixed West Indian and West African heritage. Born to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father, Yrsa was raised by her devout Seventh Day Adventist grandparents in the small town of Chorley in the North of England. The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward’s collection bone (Penguin) are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence—so clear and pared-down, they become universal. i-D Magazine writes, “[A] powerful collection of a woman facing tumultuous inner and external battles head on, delivered with a hard-hitting directness, yet with inflections of optimism throughout that are bound to touch readers to their core.”
