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Button author Danez Smith, featured inside of Smoke Signals B-B-Q in Toronto. Check out Danez’s phenomenal book, black movie, past winner of the Button Poetry Chapbook Contest.

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Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of the poets competing at the 2017 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

Danez Smith is the author of Don’t Call Us Dead, black movie, and [insert] boy. Danez is a 2017 NEA Fellow & 3-time Rustbelt Indy Champ from St. Paul.

Come check out Danez perform at this year’s festival in Minneapolis, MN, June 2-3.

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He smelled so holy, like a sacrifice burning nearby.

Danez Smith, from [Insert] Boy