- American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ poetry
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.
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Contemporary, character-led, grave and earnest.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Danez Smith
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press, HighBridge Audio, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781555979775
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