This is a searing collection from the Forward prizewinning American poet, about the year that the world turned to Minneapolis - Smith's hometown - and Smith was forced to reckon with their own responsibility as a writer. Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, 'Bluff' is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities.
