Bluff: Poems Diwali Spending her hours at a

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted

"—Marieke Nijkamp

adorable illustrations

Can Narwhal's friends convince the happiest creature in the ocean that it's okay to have a bad day

which will appeal to readers who enjoy nostalgia

Bluff: Poems Diwali Spending her hours at aWritten 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 Smiths 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