Ordinary Beast

<p><strong>ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017</strong></p><p><strong>NPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017</strong></p><p><strong>A striking full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands-born poet Nicole Sealey</strong><br/><br/>The existential magnitude deep intellect and playful subversion of St. Thomas-born Florida-raised poet Nicole Sealey's work is restless in its empathic succinct examination and lucid awareness of what it means to be human.<br/><br/>The ranging scope of inquiry undertaken in <em>Ordinary Beast</em>--at times philosophical emotional and experiential--is evident in each thrilling twist of image by the poet. In brilliant often ironic lines that move from meditation to matter of fact in a single beat Sealey's voice is always awake to the natural world to the pain and punishment of existence to the origins and demises of humanity. Exploring notions of race sexuality gender myth history and embodiment with profound understanding Sealey's is a poetry that refuses to turn a blind eye or deny. It is a poetry of daunting knowledge. </p>