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Mar/Apr 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 2 • Nature’s Nature |

Lilies

By Kevin Young

Almost June
yet the blooms
are already done

here among
my grandfather
& foremothers & my father

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Kevin Young is the author of ten books of poetry, most recently Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems, 1995–2015. His Book of Hours was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Prize; his book The Grey Album won the PEN Open Award, the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism. This essay has been adapted from Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News, longlisted for the National Book Award.

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Evensong

By Kevin Young

What music the dark makes. The evensongof frogs like monks in the dusk making the cedars Already have an account? Log in Join KR for even more to read. Sign […]

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Squall

By Kevin Young

Today the sun rained down on us for hours before rain shonesilver down into the already muddy ground. Already have an account? Log in Join KR for even more to […]

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