Counting Descent

By: Clint Smith

Narrated by: Clint Smith

Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming of age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition. Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates black humanity while living in a world that often renders blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories, all the while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the listener on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward.

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Amazing

What an amazing collection of poems reflesxting on Blackness and the Black experience written in lyrical verses. Highly recommend.

Please Read!! You won’t be disappointed!

I’m not a poetry person at all. Clint Smith changed my mind with the way he tells his as well as African Americans stories eloquently with a rawness that’s can be denied.

Beautiful Landscape

Enjoying this little, insuspecting gem.
Love the tone and breath of this pictureque, clean and crisp poetry/storytelling/conversation...
The narration is everything~it draws you in, up close and often leaves you suspended as a way to allow you to find your own landing.💝✍🏽

Clint Smith’s work needs to be on your bookshelves… virtual or physical

His work is beautiful and poignant and raw. And most of all, his work is so necessary.

Deep serious affection

I love Clint Smith's poems and his ability to embody them with himself. I believe him. and he takes me home.