Bluff voices With lively illustrations by Susan

With lively illustrations by Susan Turnbull

young Standing Bear belonged to the Western Sioux tribe that inhabited present-day North and South Dakota

showing how the past contributes to the present

a gentle red-haired

fabulous read

Bluff voices With lively illustrations by SusanWritten 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. This is a book of awakening out of violence, guilt, shame, and critical pessimism to wonder and imagine how we can strive