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Dear Darkness

Poems

Kevin Young

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English
Random House USA Inc
06 July 2010
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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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   306g
ISBN:   9780307264428
ISBN 10:   0307264424
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Dear Darkness: Poems

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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