Difference between revisions of "Jericho Brown"
From QueerBio.com
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
==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. | + | 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' (2014). 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. Director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University. Recipient of the 2020 Lambda Literary Trustee Award. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 15 June 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' (2014). 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. 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
