Joy

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Joy</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the new full-length collection of poetry by Francis Daulerio author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If & When We Wake</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Please Plant This Book</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With a Difference</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Beginning with one pregnancy and ending with another </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Joy</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> examines the ways in which we keep ourselves alive centering around the birth of Daulerio's first child while coping with the loss of friend and collaborator Scott Hutchison. With a foreword by acclaimed author Maggie Smith (</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Good Bones Keep Moving</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) and cover art by UK artist Helen Ahpornsiri this life-affirming collection highlights what Bon Iver's Sean Carey describes as Daulerio's relentless hope and love encouraging readers to push through hardships to find their own sense of meaning.</span></p>