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DANEZ SMITH

Danez Smith is the author of three previous poetry collections, including Homie, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Don’t Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection and a finalist for the National Book Award. Danez's poetry and prose has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Best American Poetry, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their latest collection, Bluff, was written 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) and reckons with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities. 

BLITZEN TRAPPER

Led by singer/songwriter Eric Earley, Blitzen Trapper blend country, folk, Southern rock and progressive Americana. Launched roughly two decades ago in Portland, they garnered early attention with a series of self-released albums before breaking out internationally with a pair of critically acclaimed LPs (2007’s Wild Mountain Nation and 2008’s Furr) that would cement their status at the forefront of the modern indie folk revival. Their radiant new album 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions is inspired by Earley's Buddhist studies, offering a captivating take on rebirth and transcendence. Bandcamp featured the album on their Spring 2024 Hotlist, marveling "somehow, after nearly 25 years, Blitzen still remains un-trapped.”