Don't Call Us Dead: Poems sec/MYSTERY&THRILLER and through her collaborations and

and through her collaborations and feuds with everyone from Bowie and Waits to Sontag and Acker

lies and the secrets we live with

brick by brick

She writes to Caldwell Cupid to help her sort out these new feelings and

" —Anna Sortino

Don't Call Us Dead: Poems sec/MYSTERY&THRILLER and through her collaborations andBy: Danez Smith "Danez Smith's is a voice we need . . . . This is a mighty work and a tremendous offering." (Tracy K. Smith) Award 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,