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Kevin Young

KEVIN YOUNG is the author of sixteen books of poetry and prose, including his most recent, Night Watch. He is the poetry editor of The New Yorker, where he hosts the Poetry Podcast, and the editor of eleven volumes, including A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker, 1925-2025 and the acclaimed anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song. He currently serves as the Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.
Night Watch
Stones
Emile and the Field
Brown
Blue Laws
Book of Hours
Ardency
Dear Darkness
For the Confederate Dead
Black Maria
To Repel Ghosts
Jelly Roll

Books

Night Watch
Stones
Emile and the Field
Brown
Blue Laws
Book of Hours
Ardency
Dear Darkness
For the Confederate Dead
Black Maria
To Repel Ghosts
Jelly Roll

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