DON'T CALL US DEAD: POEMS Contemporary Literature & Fiction . Coming of Age Fiction The Nobel Prize-winning author now

The Nobel Prize-winning author now gives us a learned

both within the academy and without

first from Celie to God

all parents want the same things for our families—and especially for our children

DON'T CALL US DEAD: POEMS Contemporary Literature & Fiction . Coming of Age Fiction The Nobel Prize-winning author nowThe highly anticipated second collection by Danez Smith "Hallelujah is an understatement" (Patricia Smith) Award winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't 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