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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: ICA/Boston Words from the Walk: Kevin Young\nEvent 
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 6\n\nThe Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents a reading by 
 poet Kevin Young\, as part of 'Words from the Walk\,' a series organized i
 n conjunction with the Creative Writing Program at UMass Boston\, on Thurs
 day\, April 16\, at 6:30 pm.  The program is free\, but space is limited. 
  Tickets are available at the ICA admission desk one hour before the progr
 am.  Admission to the ICA is always free on Target Free Thursdays from 5 t
 o 9 p.m. For more information\, visit www.icaboston.org or call (617) 478-
 3103.    Kevin Young (b. 1970)-widely regarded as one of the leading poets
  of his generation-finds meaning and inspiration in African-American music
 \, particularly the blues\, and in the bittersweet history of Black Americ
 a.  Young's poem\, 'New England Ode\,' will be installed on the ICAs Hasse
 nfeld Harborway\, just outside the museum\, on April 1.   Young's newest b
 ook is Dear Darkness (Knopf\, 2008). For the Confederate Dead\, was publis
 hed in January 2007. His earlier collection\, Black Maria: Poems Produced 
 and Directed by Kevin Young is a 'film noir in verse\,' a playful homage t
 o the language and imagery of Hollywood detective films. The title\, Black
  Maria\, is vintage street slang for 'police van' and 'hearse\,' as well a
 s the name of Thomas Edison's first film studio. The poems follow the adve
 ntures of two characters\, the private eye AKA Jones\, and the femme fatal
 e Delilah Redbone\, through 'a maze of aliases and ambushes\, sex and susp
 icions\, fast talk and hard luck-  Young was a 1993 National Poetry Series
  winner for Most Way Home\, a volume of meditations on racism\, slavery\, 
 poverty\, and the meaning of 'home' in the collective memory of African Am
 ericans. Most Way Home also received the John C. Zacharis First Book Award
  of Ploughshares magazine. Other collections include To Repel Ghosts: Five
  Sides in B Minor (2001)\, a poetic tribute to painter and graffiti artist
  Jean-Michel Basquiat\, and a finalist for the James Laughlin Award of the
  Academy of American Poets\; and Jelly Roll: A Blues (2003)\, a finalist f
 or both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award.  You
 ng's poetry and essays have appeared in the New Yorker\, New York Times Bo
 ok Review\, Paris Review\, Kenyon Review\, and Callaloo. His awards includ
 e a Stegner Fellowship in Poetry at Stanford University\, a Guggenheim Fou
 ndation Fellowship\, and a MacDowell Colony Fellowship. He is currently a 
 professor of poetry at Emory University\, and lives in Atlanta and Boston.
 \n\nStart time: 6:30 p.m.
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SUMMARY:ICA/Boston Words from the Walk: Kevin Young
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