NMLP P-037493 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Neon Vernacular

Yusef Komunyakaa · Wesleyan University Press · 1993

US Wesleyan true first. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994 (also the Kingsley Tufts Award). Samples from Copacetic, I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head, and Dien Cai Dau.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037493 for "Neon Vernacular" by Yusef Komunyakaa (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037493, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).