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Kevin spoke with NPR's "Hear and Now" about The Art of Losing (April 2010). Listen
The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing was featured on Irish National Radio (April 2010). Listen
Dear Darkness featured as one of the "Best Books of 2008" on NPR's All Things Considered (December 2008). Listen
Listen to Kevin reading several poems at the Key West Literary Seminar in 2008
Read and listen to Kevin reading his poem, "Elegy, Father's Day" at Slate.com, as part of their "Weekly Poem" series (2007)
Watch and listen as Kevin reads from For the Confederate Dead and other work on PBS (2007)
Listen to Kevin on "On Point with Tom Ashbrook," on WBUR Boston (2007)
Watch Kevin at the 2007 Library of Congress National Book Festival
NPR's Morning Edition talked with Kevin about Black Maria in March 2005. Listen
Watch and listen to Kevin reading from Jelly Roll while on tour in 2003
In February 1999, NPR's All Things Considered interviewed Catherine Bowman about Most Way Home. Listen

"James Brown at B.B. King's on New Year's Eve." Binge online magazine. January 2010.
"Interview with Kevin Young." Failbetter online magazine. October 2009.
"We Live in a Time Full of Love." Poetry Magazine podcast. Featured in round-up of recent poetry, reading "The Mission."
"Midwestern Blues." Audio interview and feature. Summer 2009.
"Midwestern Blues." Poetry Off the Shelf series. 3 September 2009.
"Book of Hours"
Earlier poems
"Satchmo" (from To Repel Ghosts)
Profile of Kevin Young, guest editor, Ploughshares, 2005
An interview with the Sacramento News & Review, March 2007
Interview with Powell's Books, February 2007

This section will feature occasional items from Young's own personal archive of photographs, drafts, and memorabilia, updated from time to time.