Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, and earned his BA from Dillard University in 1998. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of New Orleans. He also earned a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston. Brown is the author of The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry; The New Testament (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), which received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, in addition to being named one of the best books of the year by Library Journal; and Please (New Issues, 2008), which received the 2009 American Book Award. His work has also been included in Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. (Source)