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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).
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jul 6th, 2010
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.96in - 6.58in - 0.69in - 0.81lb
- EAN: 9780307264428
- Categories: • American - General• Subjects & Themes - Family• Poetry
About the Author
Kevin Young is the author of five previous collections of poetry. The recipient of many honors and awards, including the Paterson Poetry Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is currently the Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Creative Writing and curator of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University in Atlanta.
Praise for this book
"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