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PAUL E NELSON

Yusef Komunyakaa

2002 interview with Yusef Komunyakaa at the Port Townsend Writer’s Conference. Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1941) 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.