Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons

by Al Young

The renowned poet Al Young presents his first collection of poetry - Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons - since being named California Poet Laureate by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In this latest collection, Al Young again demonstrates why his poetry is beloved worldwide. While other poets speak, Al Young sings. His life spent in music and the work that reflects it, shows readers that poetry is the boom-box of the soul. Like...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883318734
• ISBN13: 9781883318734
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Angel City Press
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

From California's Poet Laureate

Five years of short poetry from California's Poet Laureate. Al Young's poetry covers a wide range of subjects from a short euology to Rudolph Diesel (of diesel engine fame) to dawn at the Oakland airport when you've missed your plane, from the poor in San Francisco to the military in Washington. We are living in a time when not much poetry is being published. It is good to see that once in a while a publisher will take the risk to put out a book like this. We, and especially our children, need to be reminded that there is more to putting words together than the simple writing projects in school.