Poet and National Book Award Finalist Danez Smith at the 2026 Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading

Join the Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library and the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History welcomes acclaimed poet and National Book Award finalist Danez Smith at the 2026 Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading. From pages featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Smith brings poetry that is fearless, urgent, and alive. Artists. Readers. Writers. N