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Timely and trenchant, Smith's poetry collection (following an earlier collection, [insert] boy) challenges us to see, to hear, and to recognize the "we" of the opening sequence ("someone, somewhere"). Read here by the author, the poems retain the searing strength and imagery they have on the page, while gaining added resonance through the voice of the poet. The power of naming is a part of that strength and a theme that runs throughout the collection, and the poet wields that power with compassion and anger, unflinching in their observations and righteous in their f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More