Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward On How Her Mom Influenced Her Love For Writing

Poet and storyteller Yrsa Daley-Ward is known for her lyrical, compelling prose and poetry, but did you know that her journey into writing started at home? We had a chance to catch up with the artist as she revealed how her mother's influence fueled her love for reading and writing.

"I had a mother who just impressed the need to escape into literature," she says. "And she was a single Jamaican mother, and in our culture, education is right at the top. So she taught me to read really young, and I just fell in love with the way that emotions could be expressed really succinctly through the written word." 

Ward-Daley's upcoming memoir, The Terrible, is due out in June and her most recent book of poetry, bone, is available now. 

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Produced and directed by Shruti Rya Ganguly

Shot by Tina Vaden and Shruti Rya Ganguly

Edited by Tina Vaden

Music: Cristaux - André Aguado via Epidemic Sound