Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan Westcott’s poems are drawn directly

Westcott’s poems are drawn directly from the natural world

His previous collections include The Pond

” as she writes in her lovely final poem here

and the memories they evoke

Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan Westcott’s poems are drawn directlyAward winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Dont Call Us Dead 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 here on earth. Smith turns then to desire, mortality, the dangers experienced in skin and body