Jericho Brown

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Jericho Brown

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1976 -

Occupation

Poet, Academic

Notable Achievements

Pulitzer Prize, Lambda Literary Award

Description

Associate 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. HIV positive.

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