Danez Smith
Author
Language
English
Description
Smith's unflinching poetry addresses race, class, sexuality, faith, social justice, mortality, and the challenges of living HIV positive at the intersection of black and queer identity. The collection 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 on earth. "Dear White America," which...
2) Homie: poems
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Homie' is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Danez Smith es la voz del deseo, la violencia, el VIH y el ataque frontal a la Norteamérica blanca. Su poemario "Don't Call Us Dead" ha sido traducido por Lawrence Schimel.
Danez Smith is the voice of desire, violence, HIV, and the frontal assault on white America. Their collection of poems "Don't Call Us Dead" has been translated by Lawrence Schimel.
4) Black movie
Author
Publisher
Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Publisher
Get Lifted Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact...
