
Kevin Young intertwines personal, public history in 'Brown'
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Kevin Young intertwines personal and public history in 'Brown'
As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, "Brown," Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider world. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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Kevin Young intertwines personal, public history in 'Brown'
Clip: 7/3/2018 | 5m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, "Brown," Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider world. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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