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  • Yusef Komunyakaa
    In Yusef Komunyakaa: Other works and teaching career

    He followed Neon Vernacular with Thieves of Paradise (1998)—a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award—which includes a long poem dedicated to jazz musician Charlie Parker titled “Testimony.” The poem was set to music by Australian saxophonist Sandy Evans and was performed by the Australian Art Orchestra and 11…

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