In Iowa City, IA, The Foundation will collaborate with the Mission Creek Festival to bring the celebrated National Book Awards–honored author Kevin Young (2003 National Poetry Finalist, 2016 Poetry Longlist, 2017 Nonfiction Longlist) for a reading and discussion on his career and work. Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, poetry editor at The New Yorker, and author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, including his most recent collection, Brown.