For The Confederate Dead
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| Originally published | 2007 |
| Authors | Kevin Young |
| Genres | Poetry |
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| ID | 2115733 |
About For The Confederate Dead
In this passionate new collection, Kevin Young takes up a range of African American griefs and passages. He opens with the beautiful “Elegy for Miss Brooks,” invoking Gwendolyn Brooks, who died in 2000, and who makes a perfect muse for the volume: “What the devil / are we without you?” he asks. . . .