Homie: Poems (Paperback)
by Danez Smith
Description
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRY
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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 survive, even harder to remember reasons for living. But then the phone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family--blood and chosen--arrives with just the right food and some redemption. Part friendship diary, part bright elegy, part war cry, Homie is the exuberant new book written for Danez and for Danez's friends and for you and for yours.
About the Author
Danez Smith is the author of multiple poetry collections, including Bluff and Don't Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection and a finalist for the National Book Award.
Product Details
Category: Poetry
Language: English
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
ISBN-10: 1644450100
ISBN-13: 978-1644450109
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Date Published: January 21, 2020
Pages: 96
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