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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Smith, Danez, author.     Subjects     African American men -- Poetry.     African American men -- Violence against -- Poetry.     HIV-positive men -- Poetry.     Gay men -- Poetry.     Transgender people -- Poetry.     Gay erotic poetry.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smith, Danez, author.       by title:      Don't call us dead :...         MARC Display

Don't call us dead : poems / Danez Smith. by Smith, Danez, author. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017] Subjects African American men -- Poetry.   African American men -- Violence against -- Poetry.   HIV-positive men -- Poetry.   Gay men -- Poetry.   Transgender people -- Poetry.   Gay erotic poetry. ISBN:  9781555977856 (paperback) : 1555977855 (paperback) Description:  88 pages ; 23 cm Contents:  Summer, somewhere -- Dear white America -- Dinosaurs in the hood -- It won't be a bullet -- Last summer of innocence -- A note on Vaseline -- A note on the phone app that tells me how far I am from other men's mouths -- & even the black guy's profile reads "sorry, no black guys" -- O nigga O -- ...nigga -- At the down-low house party -- Bare -- Seroconversion -- Fear of needles -- Recklessly -- Elegy with pixels & cum -- Litany with blood all over -- It began right here -- Crown -- Blood hangover -- 1 in 2 -- Every day is a funeral & a miracle -- Not an elegy -- A note on the body -- You're dead, America -- Strange dowry -- Tonight, in Oakland -- Little prayer -- Dream where every black person is standing by the ocean -- Notes. Requests:  0 Summary:  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 Smith performed at the 2014 Rustbelt Midwest Region Poetry Slam, has as strong an impact on the page as it did on the spoken word stage. Smith's courage and hope amidst the struggle for unity in America will humble and uplift you.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 811.6 Sm Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 811.6 Smith Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 811.6 Sm Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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