Kevin Young, author portrait
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Kevin Young

KEVIN YOUNG is the author of sixteen books of poetry and prose. He is the poetry editor of The New Yorker, where he hosts the Poetry Podcast, and is the editor of ten other anthologies, including African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song.
Stones
Brown
Blue Laws
Book of Hours
Ardency
Dear Darkness
For the Confederate Dead
Jelly Roll

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Books

Stones
Brown
Blue Laws
Book of Hours
Ardency
Dear Darkness
For the Confederate Dead
Jelly Roll

Events

Thu Sep 04
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Google Map

Fri Sep 05 | 07:00 PM
Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
Google Map

Tue Sep 09 | 06:00 PM
Bryant Park Reading Room
New York, NY 10018
Google Map

Tue Sep 30 | 06:30 PM
House of SpeakEasy @POWERHOUSE ARENA
28 ADAMS ST
BROOKLYN, NY 11201-1172
Google Map

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