Danez Smith

Danez Smith is an American poet. He is the author of the poetry collection [insert] Boy and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan. 2Career Smith is a founding member of Dark Noise Collective with Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, and Jamila Woods. With Jamila Woods, Smith joined Macklemore for a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in February, 2016. His writing has been published in Poetry (magazine) and Ploughshares. Attendee and Guest Speaker at the University of Central Oklahoma's Poetry Month Kickoff on March 30, 2017. 2Books [insert] Boy (2014) ISBN 978-1936919284 Don't Call Us Dead (2017) ISBN 978-1555977856 2Awards and honors 2017 - NEA fellowship for creative writing 2016 - Kate Tufts Discovery Award 2015 - Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry 2Personal life Smith was born in St. Paul, Minnesot