Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

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Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power.

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“Danez Smith’s is a voice we need . . . . This is a mighty work and a tremendous offering.” (Tracy K. Smith)

Donโ€™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, mortalityโ€”the dangers experienced in skin, body, and bloodโ€”and a diagnosis of HIV positive. โ€œSome of us are killed / in pieces,โ€ Smith writes, โ€œsome of us all at once.โ€ Donโ€™t Call Us Dead is an astonishing collection, one that confronts America, where every day is too often a funeral and not often enough a miracle.

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
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