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What Noise Against the Cane
Written by Desiree C. Bailey
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A finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry, this Yale Series of Younger Poets volume is a lyrical and polyvocal exploration of what it means to fight for yourself.
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Desiree C. Bailey
Desiree C. Bailey is the author of the fiction chapbook In Dirt or Saltwater and has been published in Best American Poetry, Academy of American Poets, Callaloo, and elsewhere. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago and grew up in Queens, New York. For more information, visit DesireeCBailey.com.
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