[New-Poetry] Young gets Cody

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/10/DDPV101GSL.DTL
Poet Al Young to receive Cody Award
Heidi Benson, Chronicle Staff Writer

Friday, April 11, 2008

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California poet laureate Al Young will receive the Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement when the 27th annual Northern California Book Awards are given out at a gala celebration at the San Francisco Public Library on Sunday afternoon. 


Young's most recent books are "Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons: Poems 2001-2006" and "Something About the Blues." 


The Fred Cody Award is named for the beloved bookseller who founded Cody's Books with his wife, Pat, in Berkeley in 1956.


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