Yusef Komunyakaa

Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Komunyakaa’s Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (1994) won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Komunyakaa is the recipient of the 2011 Wallace Stevens Award and the co-creator of the “Jupiter Invincible” comic book series.