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Dear Darkness: Poems (2008)

by Kevin Young(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307264343 (ISBN13: 9780307264343)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Knopf

review 1: In this heartfelt volume of poems, Young explores subjects that range from homage to his large, extended family and grief over the loss of his father to the solace he finds in celebrating the foods and meals that sustained the camaraderie of his family. Whatever challenges Young faces, his poems reach out with a questioning and yearning for answers. As he revisits painful memories from his past, he is never afraid to show his vulnerability, for he knows his poetry serves as catharsis. Young’s trademark style of smooth, accessible free verse is a pleasure to read. He wants to make sure the emotion of his work rings true, and he succeeds. This is an outstanding poetry collection.
review 2: I heard Kevin Young read a few of the odes at AWP Atlanta and have eager... morely awaited the release of this collection since then. I found it heartbreaking and brilliant. The mixture of odes to food as remembrances to a time past mixed in with the longing that comes from the death of his father are just amazing. Young has such a grasp with language. He knows how to make a poem sing, and these definitely do. I never wanted it to end. less

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