In 1936, David Young was born in Davenport, Iowa. He earned a BA from Carleton College, and an MA and PhD from Yale University. Young is the author of several collections of poetry, including
Field of Light and Shadow (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010);
Black Lab (Alfred A. Knopf, 2006);
At the White Window (Ohio State University Press, 2000);
Night Thoughts and Henry Vaughan (Ohio State University Press, 1994), which won the Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry;
The Planet on the Desk: Selected and New Poems 1960–1990 (Wesleyan University Press, 1991);
Foraging (Wesleyan University Press, 1986);
Earthshine (Wesleyan University Press, 1988);
The Names of a Hare in English (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979);
Work Lights: Thirty-Two Prose Poems (Cleveland State University Press, 1977); and
Boxcars (Ecco Press, 1973). (
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