Scandalize My Name: Selected Poems

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Introducing one of America`s Pulitzer-winning poets to British readers Yusef Komunyakaa is one of America`s most highly regarded and compelling poets. His poetry has been acclaimed as among the most original of his generation. Yet his work is little-known in Britain. All that is set to change with the publication of SCANDALIZE MY NAME, a selection from twenty five years of his powerful, elegant and marvellously allusive poetry.

Genres: Poetry

163 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1947) is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world.

His subject matter ranges from the black general experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights time period and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.

(from Wikipedia)