Two new collections, "Night Watch" by Kevin Young and "Startlement: New and Selected Poems" by Ada Limón, showcase strikingly different voices in contemporary poetry. Young, poetry editor for the New Yorker and former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, always surprises. His tone shifts from playful riffs in one collection ("Jelly Roll") to ...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:00AM on November 5, 2025