Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.
Alma mater Dillard University;
University of New Orleans;
University of Houston
Website
www.jerichobrown.com/index.html

Jericho Brown, born Nelson Demery, III, is an American poet. In 2011, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.[1]

Life

Brown 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, The Nation, New England Review, The New Republic, Oxford American, The New Yorker, and The Best American Poetry. He serves as an Assistant Editor at Callaloo.[5] His first book, Please,[6] (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2008) won the American Book Award. His most recent book of poetry, The New Testament,[7] (Copper Canyon Press, 2014) continues his examination of race, masculinity and sexuality, often returning to the stories of the Bible.

Awards

Works

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows".
  2. ↑ "Jericho Brown". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jericho Brown". University of San Diego. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Jericho Brown". Emory University. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Missouri Review". The Missouri Review. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  6. ↑ http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/titles/brown-please.html
  7. ↑ https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={5398070A-E281-47A2-BA14-D8F158F557C3}

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