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Dear Darkness

Poems

By Kevin Young

By Kevin Young

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Paperback $21.00

Jul 06, 2010 | ISBN 9780307264428

Dear Darkness by Kevin Young
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Jul 06, 2010 | ISBN 9780307264428

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About Dear Darkness

Delivered in Young’s classic bluesy tone, this powerful collection of poems about the American family, smoky Southern food, and the losses that time inevitably brings “bristles with life, nerve and, best of all, wit” (San Francisco Chronicle).

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About Kevin Young

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

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Product Details

Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism

Paperback | $21.00
Published by Knopf
Jul 06, 2010 | 224 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780307264428

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Praise

“Young is a fluent and bold interpreter of American culture and attitude, writing shrewd blues and droll lyrics that upend and undo catchphrases, familiar figures, and down-home habits.” —Booklist

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