num_pages: 96
description: Homie is Danez Smiths magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smiths close friends this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. 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 familyblood and chosenarrives with just the right food and some redemption. Part friendship diary part bright elegy part war cry Homie is the exuberant new book written for Danez and for Danezs friends and for you and for yours.
language: English
title: Homie
publisher: Graywolf Press