Night Watch by Kevin Young
Night Watch is a poetry collection that examines personal and American life through themes of family, loss, renewal, and resilience. A central sequence, “The Two-Headed Nightingale,” imagines the voices and shared identity of nineteenth-century conjoined performers Millie-Christine McCoy; another cycle, “Darkling,” responds to Robert Rauschenberg’s paintings and Dante’s Inferno to explore loneliness, companionship, and cultural critique. The poems blend music, humor, and elegiac reflection without revealing specific plot details.
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- Published
- 2025
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 176
- Original Language
- English
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