Difference between revisions of "Jericho Brown"
From QueerBio.com
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
==Notable Achievements== | ==Notable Achievements== | ||
| − | Pulitzer Prize | + | Pulitzer Prize, Lambda Literary Award |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Assistant Professor, Emory University since 2012, and formerly with University of San Diego. Notable collections include 'The Tradition' (2019, Pulitzer Prize winner), 'Please' (2008, American Book Award) and 'The New Testament'. He is praised for his invention of the duplex — a combination of the sonnet, the ghazal, and the blues in his poetry, which is considered to be an exhibition of formal skill. Associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University. | + | Assistant Professor, Emory University since 2012, and formerly with University of San Diego. Notable collections include 'The Tradition' (2019, Pulitzer Prize winner), 'Please' (2008, American Book Award) and 'The New Testament'. He is praised for his invention of the duplex — a combination of the sonnet, the ghazal, and the blues in his poetry, which is considered to be an exhibition of formal skill. Associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University. Recipient of the 2020 Lambda Literary Trustee Award. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 14:09, 27 May 2020
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Poet, Academic
Notable Achievements
Pulitzer Prize, Lambda Literary Award
Description
Assistant Professor, Emory University since 2012, and formerly with University of San Diego. Notable collections include 'The Tradition' (2019, Pulitzer Prize winner), 'Please' (2008, American Book Award) and 'The New Testament'. He is praised for his invention of the duplex — a combination of the sonnet, the ghazal, and the blues in his poetry, which is considered to be an exhibition of formal skill. Associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University. Recipient of the 2020 Lambda Literary Trustee Award.
See Also
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.jerichobrown.com/
- https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/new_american_poets/jericho_brown/
- http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/brown.html
- http://almostdorothy.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/jericho-brown-please/
- https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jericho-brown
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdeO0FHikA
