Yusef Komunyakaa (1947 - present)

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Born 1947 and raised in Bogalusa, Louisiana, Komunyakaa served in Vietnam as an information specialist, saw combat, and received the Bronze Star. A graduate of the University of Colorado, he also received master's degrees from the University of California, Irvine, and Colorado State University. After teaching at the University of New Orleans, Komunyakaa was a professor at Indiana University for over ten years, and, in the fall of 1997, he began teaching at Princeton University. Yusef Komunyaka.. Continue..

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My Father's Love Letters

Prisoners

Potions

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