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	Advanced Search > ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yusef Komunyakaa Born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, in 1947, Yusef Komunyakaa is the author of numerous books of poems, including Neon Vernacular: New & Selected Poems 1977-1989, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award... More > FURTHER READING Related Prose A Brief Guide to Jazz Poetry Yusef Komunyakaa: An Argument Against Simplicity Audio Archive Notable Books Academy Exclusives Video Collection Priced Under $20 Gift Ideas New & Bestselling Adopt a Poet | Add to Notebook | E-mail to Friend | Print Yusef Komunyakaa & Sharon Olds CD   Price: $12.00 1993. Introduced by Toi Derricotte. These two poets captive their audience with this remarkable reading--inviting them, as Toi Derricotte states in her introduction about Sharon Olds, into that "primary shining source, called the soul," and showing them, as Derricotte says of Komunyakaa, "what it is to be human." Komunyakaa reads masterfully from Dien Cai Dau and his 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Neon Vernacular, and Olds, in that style uniquely her own, reads recent poems and selections from her widely acclaimed books. Length: 67 min.
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