Kevin Young went to the same high school I did in Topeka, KS, but I do not think this is the home referenced in the title. Must be nice to study poetry with Seamus Heaney, but that's what getting into Harvard will do for you.
Kevin is a gifted poet with a knack for lyrical descriptions and he keeps the narrative flowing in his verse. However, at times there is almost too much narrative going on. Some of these poems read like history lessons, they are fine but I question the veracity of the experience. His use of the first person seems anachronistic at times, because I don't think he is old enough to have lived through some of these events he narrates. Overall, Most Way Home is an excellent first collection of poems.
Czar
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