Appeal of the book: Poetic exploration of black experiences, mortality, and desire.
This collection of poems by Danez Smith is a powerful and evocative exploration of the black experience, mortality, and desire. The opening sequence presents a poignant imagining of an afterlife for black men shot by police, offering a place of safety and love that they deserve. Smith's words courageously confront the realities of America, addressing issues of race and inequality head-on. Through their beautiful and thought-provoking poetry, Smith delivers a profound and necessary message that will resonate with readers seeking a deeper understanding of these vital topics.
ISBN: 9781555977856
Authors:
Danez Smith
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Date of Publication: 2017-09-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Creative Nonfiction
Goodreads rating: 4.48
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Award-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 collection, one that confronts, praises, and rebukes America--"Dear White America"--where every day is too often a funeral and not often enough a miracle.
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Appeal of the book: Poetic exploration of black experiences, mortality, and desire.
This collection of poems by Danez Smith is a powerful and evocative exploration of the black experience, mortality, and desire. The opening sequence presents a poignant imagining of an afterlife for black men shot by police, offering a place of safety and love that they deserve. Smith's words courageously confront the realities of America, addressing issues of race and inequality head-on. Through their beautiful and thought-provoking poetry, Smith delivers a profound and necessary message that will resonate with readers seeking a deeper understanding of these vital topics.
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