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Carl Grant Events Center, Banquet Hall

Kevin Young is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently , which was featured on NPR鈥檚 鈥淔resh Air,鈥� and editor of eight others. His previous book won a 2012 American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. His book won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2012, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, and winner of the PEN Open Award. 鈥淜evin Young is one of the most talented poets in the United States. With this new book, he should also become known as a major critic.鈥� -- San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing The Grey Album.

Kevin Young is currently Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing and English and curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University in Atlanta.

The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl Grant Event Center. A book signing and reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.