Danez Smith

Danez Smith is an American poet. He is the author of the poetry collection [insert] Boy (2014). As of 2015, Mr. Danez was a candidate in the University of Michigan's MFA program.

Career

Smith is a founding member of Dark Noise Collective with Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, and Jamila Woods.

With Jamila Woods, Smith joined Macklemore for a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in February, 2016. His writing has been published in Poetry (magazine) and Ploughshares.

Awards and honors

• 2016 - Kate Tufts Discovery Award
• 2015 - Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry

• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2016/03/2016-kingsley-and-kate-tufts-poetry-awards-go-to-ross-gay-and-danez-smith/
• http://pankmagazine.com/2015/09/22/review-insert-boy-by-danez-smith/

Personal life

Smith was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.