Dont Call Us Dead: Poems Smith Danez
Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection " Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy."--The…
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Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection " Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy."--The New YorkerAward-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved here on earth. Smith turns then to desire, mortality--the dangers experienced in skin and body and blood--and a diagnosis of HIV positive. "Some of us are killed / in pieces," Smith writes, "some of us all at once." Don't Call Us Dead is an astonishing and ambitious
Homie Smith Danez
Dont Call the Wolf
Dont Call Me Bear!
Dont Call Me Dirty
Dont Call Me Daddy
Dead Dont Wait
Dead Dont Wait
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead