Neon Vernacular

This Pulitzer Prize–winning collection pairs twelve new poems with work from seven previous volumes by “one of the most extraordinary poets writing today” ( Kenyon Review ). The poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa traverses psychological and physical landscapes, mining personal memory to understand the historical and social contexts that shape experience.  Neon Vernacular  charts the development of his characteristic themes and concerns by gathering work from seven of his previous collections,