Description
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).
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 07/06/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.58w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780307264428
ISBN10: 0307264424
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 07/06/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.58w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780307264428
ISBN10: 0307264424
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family
- Literary Criticism | 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.