Distinguished Visiting Writers presents Danez Smith in a Pubic Reading
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Danez Smith is a poz writer and poet from St. Paul, MN. They are the author of the poetry collections Don't Call us Dead, [insert] Boy, and Homie. They have won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, the Forward Prize, and the Poetry Society of America's inaugural Four Quartets Prize.