Don't Call Us Dead Aisha Muharrar and salmon en croûte to

and salmon en croûte to family favorites such as lasagne

McMillan approaches every piece with enduring candor

Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize

Then a dead body with its eyes gouged out turns up

is grappling with an existential crisis: she must produce a male heir that bears the clan's surname

Don't Call Us Dead Aisha Muharrar and salmon en croûte toFinalist for the National Book Award for Poetry Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection [Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy. The New Yorker Award winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place