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

[2][3][4] 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.

"[5] 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.

[8] It was a finalist for the 2015 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry,[9] the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry,[10] and the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

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