Jericho Brown, poet

Jericho Brown, poet Bloomsday Literary Download On this episode of F***ing Shakespeare, our guest is the one and only Jericho Brown. Poets, lovers, and one who desires to hear beautiful language spoken by a beautiful voice, this episode is for you. We talk about Brown’s duplex, a poetic form he created for his new book “The Tradition,” his passion for his work and how he also doesn’t drive a Bentley. I’m not going to ruin the surprise or anything, but Jericho sings. That’s all I’m gonna say; just listen. Brown’s writing can be found here: His latest collection, The Tradition, from Copper Canyon While you’re reading his work, check out his other collections, The New Testament and Please His work also appears in issue 6 of The Bennington Review, the NYT, no. 226 of The Paris Review If you cannot get enough of his reading voice, here he is reading more poems: “The Card Tables” and “Trojan” for the Poetry Foundation. And “Night Shift” and “Colosseum” on The New Yorker. Honorable mentions: Jericho discovered Laura “Ralphi” Burgess’s work and used it for the gorgeous cover for The Tradition. Shout out to Jericho’s fantastic colleagues at Emory: T Cooper, Hank Klinbanoff, Joseph Skibell, Tayari Jones, Tiphanie Yanique, Robyn Schiff, and Heather Christle. Visit Jericho’s website for more about him and/or follow him on Twitter to for your daily Jericho Brown dosage. Photo credit: John Mitchell US cover, Copper Canyon Press