Friends of the Central Library Author Series: Kevin Young

Kevin Young is poetry editor of The New Yorker and an award-winning author of 16 books of poetry and prose. His book “Stones” was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, and his newest work, “Night Watch: Poems,” is a New York Times Editor’s Choice. He was director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.