The Poetry of Young (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Al Young
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Politics, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Nature, Self, Music or musicians, Religion, Friendship, Poverty or poor people, Inner cities or inner-city life, Jazz music, Youth, Dancing or dancers
Al Young’s distinctive and finely wrought poetry documents the personal odyssey of a clear-sighted and sensitive man in a period of social and political turmoil. Young’s poetry is seldom overtly political manifesto or social commentary. He is a practitioner of a time-honored tradition of lyric poetry that comments on the larger issues of society by a close introspection of everyday life and private emotions.
Young’s writing has earned him numerous awards, including a Wallace E. Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, the Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Before...
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