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alternate names for black boys 1. smoke above the burning bush 2. archnemesis of summer night 3. first son of soil 4. coal awaiting spark & wind 5. guilty until proven dead 6. oil heavy starlight 7. monster until proven ghost 8. gone 9. phoenix who forgets to un-ash 10. going, going, gone 11. gods of shovels & black veils 12. what once passed for kindling 13. fireworks at dawn 14. brilliant, shadow hued coral 15. (I thought to leave this blank but who am I to name us nothing?) 16. prayer who learned to bite & sprint 17. a mother’s joy & clutched breath By #danezsmith https://www.instagram.com/p/Boxj_5vlKet/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ovul5pyuw3e4
Why, hello there! Here are Shane’s top 5 books of 2017 ( in no particular order): . LARGE ANIMALS by Jess Arndt . THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTIONS by Rebecca Solnit . DON’T CALL US DEAD by Danez Smith . . MADNESS by Sam Sax . THE COMPLETE STORIES OF LEONORA CARRINGTON by Leonora Carrington . . It was a great year for books! Don’t forget about our holiday party on Saturday, December 9th from 6-9PM! Everything in the shop will be 10% off, and we'll have plenty of wine, cookies, raffles, and general merriment to go around. See you there! 😁✨💕 #jessarndt #rebeccasolnit #danezsmith #samsax #leonoracarrington #unabridgedtopfives (at Unabridged Bookstore)
Danez Smith - “Dear White America”
"I am equal parts sick of your 'go back to Africa' as I am your 'I don't see race'. Neither did the poplar tree."
Check out this phenomenal poem and more in Danez’s book, black movie.
This poem wrecked me today

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dinosaurs in the hood
Let’s make a movie called Dinosaurs in the Hood. Jurassic Park meets Friday meets The Pursuit of Happyness. There should be a scene where a little black boy is playing with a toy dinosaur on the bus, then looks out the window & sees the T. Rex, because there has to be a T. Rex. Don’t let Tarantino direct this. In his version, the boy plays with a gun, the metaphor: black boys toy with their own lives, the foreshadow to his end, the spitting image of his father. Fuck that, the kid has a plastic Brontosaurus or Triceratops & this is his proof of magic or God or Santa. I want a scene where a cop car gets pooped on by a pterodactyl, a scene where the corner store turns into a battle ground. Don’t let the Wayans brothers in this movie. I don’t want any racist shit about Asian people or overused Latino stereotypes. This movie is about a neighborhood of royal folks — children of slaves & immigrants & addicts & exiles — saving their town from real-ass dinosaurs. I don’t want some cheesy yet progressive Hmong sexy hot dude hero with a funny yet strong commanding black girl buddy-cop film. This is not a vehicle for Will Smith & Sofia Vergara. I want grandmas on the front porch taking out raptors with guns they hid in walls & under mattresses. I want those little spitty, screamy dinosaurs. I want Cicely Tyson to make a speech, maybe two. I want Viola Davis to save the city in the last scene with a black fist afro pick through the last dinosaur’s long, cold-blood neck. But this can’t be a black movie. This can’t be a black movie. This movie can’t be dismissed because of its cast or its audience. This movie can’t be a metaphor for black people & extinction. This movie can’t be about race. This movie can’t be about black pain or cause black people pain. This movie can’t be about a long history of having a long history with hurt. This movie can’t be about race. Nobody can say nigga in this movie who can’t say it to my face in public. No chicken jokes in this movie. No bullets in the heroes. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. Besides, the only reason I want to make this is for that first scene anyway: the little black boy on the bus with a toy dinosaur, his eyes wide & endless his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there.
Danez Smith
In celebration of Black History Month: a list poem by Danez Smith. #poetry #writ #blackhistorymonth #blackhistoryisnow #poetry #danezsmith #blackhistory365✊🏾 #poetryisnotdead #poetrylives #blacklife #blackhistorymonth2021 #poetrycommunity (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLoEZ2LlXQM/?igshid=gy3g86q82xrb
“I came to make the sky a garden / Botanical Series”; 60x48 inch diptych; acrylic, ink, charcoal, pen, graphite, paper collage and brass on panel; title from #danezsmith toy poodle/art assistant for scale 🐩 swipe through for poodle close up 🙌😂 #ninatichava #newpainting #newfavorite #botanicalseries #studioview #studiovibe #artdog #studiodog #poodlesofinstagram (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwTR6FnoP_/?igshid=1ompjgrvxbczs