Homie av Danez Smith

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<p><b>''A deeply personal collection... and provocative and moving meditation on friendship, sex and blackness,'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''In its cutting compassion, <i>Homie </i>is as much a celebration of loved ones'' lives as it is a lament for their loss, equally a war cry for kinship and the burial dirge after the battle'' Amanda Gorman</b><br><br>A mighty anthem about the saving grace of friendship, Danez Smith''s highly anticipated collection <i>Homie</i> is rooted in their search for joy and intimacy in a time where both are scarce. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living. But then the phone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family - blood and chosen - arrives with just the right food and some redemption.<br><br><b>Part friendship diary, part bright