Yusef Komunyakaa, Golden Rose Award 2018 August 4, 2018 by New England Poetry Club Yusef Komunyakaa with Laren McClung and members of the Board of NEPC Left to right: Linda Haviland Conte, Treasurer; Marjorie Thomsen, Programming Chair; Yusef Komunyakaa, Mary Buchinger, President; Ralph Pennel, Membership Chair; Laren McClung; Hilary Sallick, Vice President (Board Members not in photo: Wendy Drexler, Programming Chair, and Jennifer Markell, Membership Chair)