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==Birth - Death==
 
==Birth - Death==
  
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1976 -
  
 
==Occupation==
 
==Occupation==
  
Poet
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Poet, Academic
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==Notable Achievements==
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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), 'Please' (2008, American Book Award) and 'The New Testament'.  
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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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==See Also==
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* [[Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets]]
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* [[Teachers of Creative Writing Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/brown.html
 
* http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/brown.html
 
* http://almostdorothy.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/jericho-brown-please/
 
* http://almostdorothy.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/jericho-brown-please/
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* https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jericho-brown
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* https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2020/6/29/pulitzer-winning-poet-jericho-brown-racism-hiv-and-finding-joy
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdeO0FHikA
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdeO0FHikA
  

Latest revision as of 19:08, 8 May 2023

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.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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