* 1994: Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa

* Yusef Komunyakaa, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was born James Willie Brown Jr. in Bogalusa, Louisiana ( April 29, 1947 ).

* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems

Komunyakaa at the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Awards in March 2012 ; his book The Chameleon Couch was nominated for the poetry award. Yusef Komunyakaa ( born April 29, 1947 ) is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Yusef Komunyakaa is currently a professor in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.

* Yusef Komunyakaa, The Chameleon Couch

" Yusef Komunyakaa and Paul Muldoon.

* Yusef Komunyakaa, MA, 1981, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

* Yusef Komunyakaa ( B. A.

Other prominent Vietnam War poets include W. D. Ehrhart, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Bruce Weigl.

Pauline Oliveros, John Zorn, Dave Douglas ( trumpeter ), Yusef Komunyakaa, Trisha Brown, Tania Leon, Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Makoto Fujimura, Juan Sanchez, Jim Clark, Jude Tallichet, Laiwan Chung, Min Xiaofen, Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, William Parker ( musician ), David S. Ware, Assif Tsahar, Matthew Shipp, Billy Bang, Jeanne Lee, Miya Masaoka, George Lewis ( trombonist ), Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurthi, Wang Ping ( author ), Luis Francia, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, Kathleen Supové, Jennifer Choi, Craig Taborn, Bridget Kibbey, Jade Simmons, Arto Lindsay, Thurston Moore, Prefuse 73, Yo La Tengo, Humanfolk, Mephista.

In 2010 Music Theatre Group produced two residencies of Saturnalia a new music theatre work, composed by Ibarra, written by Yusef Komunyakaa, directed by Daniel Fish and music directed by John diPinto.

Noted authors who have been associated with the conference over the years include Lucille Clifton, Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Dean Young, Selden Edwards, Evie Shockley, Cornelius Eady, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kevin Young, Li-Young Lee, Michael Chabon, Richard Ford, Amy Tan, Robert Stone, Alice Sebold, Janet Fitch, Kris Saknussemm, Ayelet Waldman, Louis B. Jones, Jay Gummerman, Jamie Ford, and Meg Waite Clayton.

* Yusef Komunyakaa

Where earlier work primarily championed a white, agrarian past, the efforts of such poets as Dave Smith, Charles Wright, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jim Seay, Kate Daniels, James Applewhite, Betty Adcock and Rodney Jones have opened up the subject matter and form of Southern poetry.

Among those celebrating Levine's career by reading Levine's work were Yusef Komunyakaa, Galway Kinnell, E. L. Doctorow, Charles Wright, Jean Valentine, and Sharon Olds.

The Academy ultimately responded by designating several new chancellors, including African-American poets Lucille Clifton and Yusef Komunyakaa, and by making changes in its procedures.

** Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa ( Wesleyan University Press )

In 2003, Chief Rabbi Cohen and Maurice Motamed met with President Khatami at Yusef Abad Synagogue which was the first time a President of Iran had visited a synagogue since the Islamic Revolution.