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Don't Call Us Dead // Poems

police, violence, love, and longevity they • Danez Smith • ISBN 9781555977856

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Don't Call Us Dead // Poems

police, violence, love, and longevity they • Danez Smith • ISBN-13 9781555977856

ISBN-10 1555977855 • 2017

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ISBN 9781555977856 • Completeness 51

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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 da

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Publisher: Danez Smith

Sep 05, 2017

Pages: 96

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Contributor: policeContributor: a place where suspicionContributor: violenceContributor: loveContributor: and longevity they

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Category: Award-WinningCategory: Lgbtqia+Category: (macmillan)Category: Noname's Book ClubCategory: PoetryCategory: Staff Picks

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