Kevin Young poetry reading & pre-event reception

From the venue:

Poet and Emory University Distinguished Professor Kevin Young will read from his most recent book of poetry, “Brown.” A reception will precede the reading, and a book signing will follow. Young, who served as curator of literary collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at the Rose Library for nine years, is the poetry editor of The New Yorker and the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. All events are open to the public at no charge.

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Reception in Rose Library
Emory’s Woodruff Library, 10th floor

7:00 – 8:00 pm: Poetry reading by Kevin Young
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall
8:00 – 8:15 pm: Book signing
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall