Danez Smith Books in Order

Danez Smith is a celebrated poet, editor, and performer, known for their powerful and evocative work that dismantles oppression constructs and strikes a chord in the human heart. They are the author of the critically acclaimed collection [insert] boy (2014, YesYes Books), a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. A 2014 Ruth Lilly - Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow and recipient of a McKnight Foundation Fellowship, Smith's work has been widely published and featured in prominent journals such as Poetry Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Ploughshares. They are a two-time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist and a co-founder of the collectives Dark Noise and Sad Boy Supper Club.