Kevin Young

One of the most important poets of his generation Washington Post A richly evocative and moving collection about African American identity and history, this is an ode to home places and the dearly departed, and to what of them – of us – poetry can save. In bellowing declarations of suffering and whispered prayers of faith, Night Watch speaks to...

A literary landmark, the biggest and most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song gathers 250 poets from the colonial period to the present. Across a turbulent history, from such vital centres as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition....

In this fully updated and revised new edition of his landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers a comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The book explores organised and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of ‘sports-related violence’, to include...