{"product_id":"unsung-unheralded-narratives-of-american-slavery-abolition-kevin-young","title":"Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery \u0026 Abolition;  Kevin Young","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eThis is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting black life in America and worldwide. A historic branch of NYPL located in Harlem, the Schomburg holds one of the world's premiere collections of slavery material within the Lapidus Center for Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery. Unsung will place well-known documents by abolitionists alongside lesser-known life stories and overlooked or previously uncelebrated accounts of the everyday lives and activism that were central in the slavery era, but that are mostly excised from today's master accounts. Unsung will also highlight related titles from founder Arturo Schomburg's initial rare histories and first-person narratives about slavery that assisted his generation in understanding the roots of their contemporary social struggles. Unsung will draw from the Schomburg's rich holdings in order to lead a dynamic discussion of slavery, rebellion, resistance, and anti-slavery protest in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFebruary 9, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKevin Young is an American poet heavily influenced by the poet Langston Hughes and the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Young graduated from Harvard College in 1992, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (1992-1994), and received his MFA from Brown University. While in Boston and Providence, he was part of the African-American poetry group, The Dark Room Collective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Lincoln, Nebraska, Young is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Way Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Repel Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJelly Roll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Maria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor The Confederate Dead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiant Steps: The New Generation of African American Writers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlues Poems; Jazz Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Berryman's Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis Black Cat Blues, originally published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was included in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2005\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Young's poetry has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and other literary magazines. In 2007, he served as guest editor for an issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He has written on art and artists for museums in Los Angeles and Minneapolis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis 2003 book of poems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJelly Roll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter stints at the University of Georgia and Indiana University, Young now teaches writing at Emory University, where he is the Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Creative Writing, as well as the curator of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library, a large collection of first and rare editions of poetry in English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615508894018,"sku":"","price":10.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/unsung.jpg?v=1747763808","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/unsung-unheralded-narratives-of-american-slavery-abolition-kevin-young","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}