Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown (born April 14, 1976) is an award-winning, nationally recognized poet and largely influential voice in the literary community Brown’s poetry concerns itself with his experience as a black, gay Southern man in America, which is an essential voice given the sociopolitical landscape of this nation today Poem from the new book appeared in TIME magazine His first book Please won the American Book Award His second book The New Testament won the Thomas Gunn Award and the Ainsfield-Wolf Book Award Brown’s musicality shines through in each of his poems as a testament to his ability to converge the medium of music with that of his poetry

Brown a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner, for ”Reflecting on contemporary culture and identity in works that combine formal experimentation and intense self-examination.“