A clear voice of her generation, Sierra DeMulder's writing offers a gritty, sincere perspective on the subtle joys and modern pains of living. Her debut collection The Bones Below delicately carries the reader to a place of brutal, beautiful honesty. DeMulder's personal revelations complete a touching portrait of the young artist and her fearless exploration of the human experience, bare in its rawest and most tender forms.
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(Roxby Media Limited, 1 January 2010, paperback, 82 pages, bought from AmazonUK)
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I loved The Bones Below. I remember buying it because it won a Goodreads Choice Awards one year when I was a member of Goodreads. I read a lot of good reviews and decided to take a chance on this book. These poems are the kind I love to read and write, raw, dark at times and deeply personal. I dislike poems when I feel disconnected or distanced from the work. The poems here are raw and brutal, hard to read at times because they're so real. I felt like the poet had cut a slice of their heart and offered it to me, all beautiful, raw and bloody. I'd recommend this.
