Event

 BRAVE TESTIMONY

celebrating poetry of the African Diaspora 

featuring

Kevin Young

Kevin Young is an award-winning poet and author of eight books of poetry, including his new collection of poetry, Book of Hours.  His previous book Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels, won the 2012 American Book Award.  His book The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness, won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, the 2013 PEN Open Book Award, and was the New York Times Notable Book for 2012.