A conversation with Kevin Young, director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a conversation with Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and poetry editor of The New Yorker, Wednesday, April 7, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Kevin Young Headshot

Young will discuss his work with Ben Vinson III, the Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History and provost and executive vice president at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. 

Young is the author of 13 books of poetry and prose and is the editor of nine other collections. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was named a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2020.

This event is part of the 2021 Cleveland Humanities Festival: IDENTITY.

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