{"product_id":"bluff-by-danez-smith","title":"Bluff by Danez Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA searing new collection from the Forward Prize-winning American poet about the year 2020, the year that the world’s gaze turned to Minneapolis – Smith's own home. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Bluff is my book of the year. Absolutely breathtaking' Joelle Taylor, author of C+NTO: + Othered Poems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'You will want to underline almost every line ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the best books of poetry I've read: buy it for anyone you love' Hollie McNish, author of Plum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Gripping ... It’s as though the world is a scattered puzzle that Danez analyses and bears witness to' Yomi Sode, author of Manorism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten 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 Smith’s 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArs poetica gives way to 'ars america'. A photographic collage makes clear the consequence of accepting mass shootings. A brilliant long poem maps the history of Minneapolis-Saint Paul’s vibrant Rondo neighbourhood, before and after officials decided to run an interstate directly through it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBluff is a manifesto about artistic resilience when the places we most love – those given and made – are burning. In this collection, Smith turns to honesty, hope, rage and imagination to envision futures that seem possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 160 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45460190920919,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781784745738.jpg?v=1721902187","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/bluff-by-danez-smith","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}