Their writing has appeared in many magazines and journals, such as Poetry, Ploughshares, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Kinfolks. In poetry slam, Smith is a 2011 Individual World Poetry Slam finalist and the reigning two-time Rustbelt Individual Champion, and was on the 2014 championship team Sad Boy Supper Club.

Danez's poetry and prose has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Best American Poetry and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez is a member of the Dark Noise Collective. Browse all poems and texts published on Danez Smith

‘A Note on the Body’ by Danez Smith beautifully explores resilience, urging self-preservation and celebrating life’s miraculous moments with vivid language. This poem is a compelling representation of Danez Smith's poetic style and thematic concerns.

Danez Smith - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Danez Smith is the author of Don’t Call Us Dead (Graywolf …

Have you ever stood on a frozen lake, California? & it’s so sad, you know? You’re the only warm thing for miles. & the only thing that can’t shine. Copyright Credit: Danez Smith, "I’M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS MAKES SENSE" from Michigan Quarterly Review Volume 54, Issue 3, Summer 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Danez Smith.

They are the author of the poetry collections [insert] Boy and Don't Call Us Dead: Poems, both of which have received multiple awards, and Homie/My Nig. [3] Their most recent poetry collection Bluff was published in 2024.

2025年2月9日 · Danez Smith is an American poet. He is the author of the poetry collection [insert] Boy (2014). Smith is a founding member of Dark Noise Collective with Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, and Jamila Woods.

Her poem ‘All They Want Is My Money My Pussy My Blood’ is one of the best poems I’ve ever read, and thinking about her lines and play and boldness in that poem helped guide me through thinking about money, something that usually makes …

2023年8月14日 · i’ve left Earth in search of darker planets, a solar system revolving too near a black hole. i’ve left in search of a new God. my grandmother’s hallelujah…

“This poem was written as a diary entry in March 2020, at the start of this long pandemic—a time in my life when I wasn’t writing poems, as I was locked in writer’s block and a fog caused by depression and substances.