Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan weeping and (given the right

weeping and (given the right conditions) dilating into Black Holes

Westcott’s poems are drawn directly from the natural world

and the memories they evoke

literature and art as it goes

free-flowing

Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan weeping and (given the rightAward 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, love, and longevity they deserved here on earth. Smith turns then to desire, mortality, the dangers experienced in skin and body