Yusef Komunyakaa is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers
In 1994 he received a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Neon Vernacular.
He is also a recipient of the Kingsley Tuffs Poetry Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
The tone of Yusef Komunyakaa’s poetry reflects his Southern Louisiana childhood years. The subjects of his poems take on an autobiographical experiences regarding race, the Vietnam War, jazz, blues and life.
Yusef Komunyakaa currently teaches at New York University in Greenwich Village.
The Kid From Queens
Gary Alony 