SMITH, DANEZ
Homie is Danez Smith´s magnificient anthem about the saving grace of friendhsip. Rooted in the loss of one Smith´s close friends, this highly anticipated new collection comes out of the search for joy and intimacy in a time 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 pone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family -blood and chosen- arrives with just the right food and some redemption.
