Young (Dear Darkness) is not only a prolific and acclaimed poet, but also the editor of several anthologies of poems, by African-American poets, inspired by the blues and jazz, and from the body of ...

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Time of Grief: Mourning Poems (photos by the author for Hyperallergic) There are surprisingly few poetry collections built around the experience of loss. One of them, published just last year, is Time ...

Tumultuous times create heightened, often complex, emotions. It can be hard to voice or even identify our feelings when faced ...