Homie indigenous studies 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly

10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement

tribal organizations

and the looming threat of world war

by ancestors and by the grief and love that come with communing

Homie indigenous studies 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardlyHomie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to