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For the Confederate Dead

By Kevin Young

By Kevin Young

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Category: Poetry

Paperback $18.00

Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780375711411

For the Confederate Dead by Kevin Young
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Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780375711411

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About For the Confederate Dead

The award-winning “lively and excellent collection” (Los Angeles Times) about the South and its legacy, about African-American griefs and passages, from the author of Jelly Roll and Black Maria, a poet who has “set himself apart from his peers with his supple, variable, blues-inflected lines” (Publishers Weekly).

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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. He previously served as the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Young is the author of fourteen… More about Kevin Young

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Category: Poetry

Paperback | $18.00
Published by Knopf
Sep 09, 2008 | 176 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780375711411
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“Young reminds us that freedom has not been realized for everyone, but his vigorous and appealing voice encourages the hope that we may continue to understand and appreciate one another’s perspectives and dialects.” —Phoebe Pettingell, The New Leader

“Heartfelt bluntness . . . Rich with unfettered honesty . . . A confederation of losses, continuing Young’s exploration of African-American culture and history in musical form: Jazz and blues spoken here.” —Katie Peterson, Chicago Tribune

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