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Jericho Brown

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1976 · age 50

Jericho Brown is an American poet and writer. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown has worked as an educator at institutions such as the University of Houston, the University of San Diego, and Emory University.

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2024MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward2020Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward2016Guggenheim FellowshipAward2015Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward2009American Book AwardsAwardWhiting AwardsAward1976Born14 April 1976

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MacArthur Fellows Program2024
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry2020
Guggenheim Fellowship2016
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2015
American Book Awards2009
Whiting Awards2009

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His poems have been published in The Nation, New England Review, The New Republic, Oxford American, and The New Yorker, among others. He released his first book of prose and poetry, Please, in 2008. His second book, The New Testament, was released in 2014. His 2019 collection of poems, The Tradition, garnered widespread critical acclaim.

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Born 1976 · age 50

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