No Bedtime Stories of Soil
Smith, Landon In his debut, No Bedtime Stories of Soil, Landon Smith brings to the page what
The Last Poets delivered to the stage. He writes with the prescience of Amiri
Baraka as he explores polyrhythmic political themes with messages in his
poetry akin to essays by James Baldwin, searing truths that force America to
take a long hard look at herself. A reckoning. A eulogy. The last sermon on a
crumbling mount. Smith's voice is the fire we need this time. ...