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Kevin Young

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About the Author

KEVIN YOUNG is the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the author of fifteen books of poetry and prose. He is also the poetry editor of The New Yorker, where he hosts the Poetry Podcast, and is the editor of nine other anthology volumes, including African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song.

Books by Kevin Young published by Steerforth Press

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