WATCH: Danez Smith on Poetry, Blackness, and Friendship

Watch acclaimed poet Danez Smith discuss the role friendship plays in their most recent collection of poetry, Homie. Smith talks to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the isolating effect COVID-19 has had on black communities, using space on the page inventively, and writing about money.

Head here to listen to the full interview on the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast.