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SUMMARY:CDI Book Club Presents: A Reading and Q&A with poet Danez Smith
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LOCATION:Umrath Lounge, Umrath Hall
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us on Friday\, February 7th at 5:00 pm for a reading from esteemed poet Danez Smith. They will read poems from their newest collection\, Bluff\, as well as their past collections. Stick around for a signing and to purchase Danez's work from Left Bank Books\, who will be hosting a booth at the event.                                                                                                      \n\n\n\nDanez Smith is the author of three collections including Homie and Don’t Call Us Dead. They have won the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, the Minnesota Book Award in Poetry\, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry\, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, and have been a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Poetry\, the National Book Critic Circle Award\, and the National Book Award. Danez's poetry and prose has been featured in Vanity Fair\, The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, GQ\, Best American Poetry and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez is a member of the Dark Noise Collective. Former co-host of the Webby nominated podcast VS (Versus)\, they are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation\, Princeton\, United States Artists\, the McKnight Foundation\, the Montalvo Arts Center\, Cave Canem\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danez has been featured as part of Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list and is the winner of a Pushcart Prize. They live in Minneapolis near their people.\n
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