- Published: 15 September 2017
- ISBN: 9780345807410
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 608
- RRP: $55.00
Blue Laws
Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
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- Published: 15 September 2017
- ISBN: 9780345807410
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 608
- RRP: $55.00
"Blue Laws demonstrates why Kevin Young is one of the most important poets of his generation." --Elizabeth Lund, The Washington Post "Read as a whole, [Blue Laws] tells a story about how history has been written on African-American bodies, and imagines the voices that have spoken back . . . Young is a relaxed lyricist, precise without being precious, and he expresses enormous feeling with great economy. He's a natural storyteller." --Harper's Magazine "One of the most important books of the year in any category." --Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire