Notable Quotable: Poet and NEA Literature Fellow Yusef Komunyakaa


By Paulette Beete
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"Don't write what you know. Write what you are willing to discover." -- Yusef Komunyakaa

Visit the Poetry Out Loud website to learn more about poet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Yusef Komunyakaa and to read some of his poems.

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