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Author and Editor Kevin Young on the Current Black Poetry Renaissance Leigh Haber © Melanie Dunea / Library of America The New Yorker s poetry editor Kevin Young on what his book, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, tells us about the history of the form. Poetry is enjoying a renaissance, so it s fitting that Oprah Daily went to Kevin Young the editor of a landmark volume, There always have been great Black poets going back to Wheatley, but right now, not only are they writing more than ever, they re getting much more visibility, which is so important, Young says. He points out that Jericho Brown won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, and Pulitzers have also been awarded over the last 15 or so years to Black poets such as Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith, and Tyehimba Jess. It isn t just a renaissance of amazing writing, it s also a renaissance of the recognition of that writing.

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