Jericho Brown
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Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Poet, Academic
Notable Achievements
Pulitzer Prize
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.
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
