Often cited as a second-generation New York School poet, Young has also been influenced by French surrealist poets such as André Breton and Paul Éluard. Young has published nine books of poetry, including his 2006 collection “Elegy on a Toy Piano,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his 2002 Skid, a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize. His most recent books are The Primitive Mentor and The Art of Recklessness.Young was awarded the Colorado Prize for Poetry for Strike Anywhere, has received a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, and has been awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Young has taught at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Warren Wilson, and currently teaches and writes from the University of Texas. His newest collection Fall Higher will be released from Copper Canyon Press in early April.