"& colin kaepernick is my president, who kneels on the air

bent toward a branch, throwing apples down to the children & vets

& rihanna is my president, walking out of global summits

with wine glass in hand, our taxes returned in gold

to dust our faces into coins

& my mama is my president, her grace stunts

on amazing, brown hands breaking brown bread over

mouths of the hungry until there are none unfed

& my grandma is my president & her cabinet is her cabinet

cause she knows to trust what the pan knowshow the skillet wins the war" -from 'my president'

Danez Smith is our President.

A mighty anthem about the saving grace of friendship, Danez Smith's highly anticipated collection Homie is rooted in their search for joy and intimacy in a time where both are scarce. 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 written for friends: for Danez's friends, for yours.

Fiction & Poetry Poetry Poetry by individual poets Publisher: Vintage Publishing Publication Date: 20/02/2020 ISBN-13: 9781784743055 Details: Type: Paperback Format: Books

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Danez Smith is the author of Don't Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Four Quartets Prize awarded by the Poetry Society of America, and a finalist for the National Book Award. They live in Minneapolis.

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