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Danez Smith is an American poet and spoken word performer from St. Paul, Minnesota. Their poetry collection 'Don't Call Us Dead' (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and addressed themes of Black identity, mortality, HIV/AIDS, and state violence against Black communities. Smi...
Nikki Giovanni was a prominent American poet, writer, and educator who emerged as a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She published her first major collection of poetry, "Black Feeling, Black Talk," in 1968, establishing her reputation for direct, politically charged v...
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