Jericho Brown
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 Jericho Brown reading at Busboys and Poets, 2013 | |
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Dillard University; University of New Orleans; University of Houston |
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Jericho Brown is an American poet. In 2011, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.[1]
Life
He was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana.[2] He graduated from Dillard University, and from the University of New Orleans with an MFA, and from the University of Houston with a Ph.D.
He taught at the University of San Diego until 2012,[3] when he became a professor at Emory University.[4] Previously he worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans.
His poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, jubilat, New England Review, Oxford American. He serves as an Assistant Editor at Callaloo.[5]
Awards
- 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.[1]
- 2009 American Book Award
- 2009 Whiting Writers' Award
- 2009–2010 fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University [6]
- Kraków Poetry Seminar in Poland, travel fellowships
- Cave Canem Fellowship
- Bread Loaf Writer's Conference two scholarships
Works
- Please (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2009) ISBN 978-1-930974-79-1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows".
- ↑ "Jericho Brown". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ "Jericho Brown". University of San Diego. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ "Jericho Brown". Emory University. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ "The Missouri Review". The Missouri Review. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/fellows_2010jbrown.aspx. Missing or empty
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External links
- "Author's website"
- "Jericho Brown Recommends"
- "Danger by Desire: A Conversation between Jericho Brown & James Allen Hall", Boxcar Poetry Review
- "Naming Each Place"
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