{"id":3084,"date":"2021-08-24T14:26:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:27:37","slug":"3084-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/3084-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Homie by Danez Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smith, Danez. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1102165544\">Homie<\/a>.<\/em> Highbridge Audio. 2020. $8.99. 1.5h. Audiobook. 9781684577392<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3085 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homie.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homie-139x193.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/homie-343x475.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\nStaunch defenders of audiobooks can find solace in Smith?s? unapologetically vulnerable collection of poems, Homie. Smith?s work is a mosaic &#8211; a testimony &#8211; to race, gender identity, illness, and language itself. Read by Smith with the candor and rhythm that you?d expect from a World Poetry Slam finalist, the readings pulse in the eardrums. As a listener, Smith pulls you along through loving, through life, and through loss. The collection is as much about grief as it is about celebration; and perhaps how one is necessary for surviving the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Smith?s work tangoes with the effects of marginalization on the body and implores the listener to engage with polarized themes all while maintaining a polished finish. The audio experience is intimacy at its finest; Smith?s full-bodied voice welcomes you as a friend. They whisper just as well as they roar, displaying a mastery of intonation and pace unlike many other poets. Each piece is a conversation where they reveal a little bit more of what it means to reach for joy when Everything Else begs otherwise. Recommended listening circumstances include: a golden hour stroll, sitting in your car outside of an Albertsons (at 10:30 PM), and post-heartbreak. Each poem contains at least one breath-stealing line that is sure to stay with you for some time. This collection does contain explicit language and is most appropriate for older teens and adult readers.<\/p>\n<p>For poetry fans that delight in works of self-reflexivity and unabashed queerness, Homie offers a<br \/>\nhearth to share and return to, again and again.<\/p>\n<p>By Anastasia Wright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith, Danez. Homie. Highbridge Audio. 2020. $8.99. 1.5h. Audiobook. 9781684577392 Staunch defenders of audiobooks can find solace in Smith?s? unapologetically vulnerable collection of poems, Homie. Smith?s work is a mosaic &#8211; a testimony &#8211; to race, gender identity, illness, and language itself. Read by Smith with the candor and rhythm that you?d expect from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1210,"featured_media":3086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}