Bluff by Danez Smith
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2024 Troubador the dark of a battery

the dark of a battery farm

Poems acknowledge the life-giving support of the domestic

Exploding the boundaries of the form and style of traditional poetry collections

musical and nostalgic' Nikesh Shukla'Whether recalling his parents' deaths or celebrating the art of the mixtape

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Bluff by Danez Smith<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2024</b> Troubador the dark of a batteryWritten during the time the world came to a halt due to the COVID 19 pandemic, and Minneapolis became the epicentre of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smiths powerful reckoning with their responsibility as a poet and with their hometown. Smith brings a startling urgency to these poems, their questions demanding a new language, new textual shapes and a deep self scrutiny. Ars poetica gives way to 'ars america'. A