29+ Jericho Brown Poems Background. Jericho brown's first book, please (new issues, 2008), won the american book award, and his second book, the new testament (copper canyon, 2014), was… brown is an associate professor and the director of the creative writing program at emory university in atlanta. His poems have appeared in the new republic, the new yorker, and the best american poetry.
Jericho brown talks about the genesis of his poem lion, and how it fits into his collection please.
Jericho brown is the recipient of a whiting writers award and of fellowships from the john simon guggenheim foundation, the radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard university, and the national endowment for the arts. Jericho brown received the whiting award and the radcliffe fellowship at harvard. The best part of my day!! July 26, 2018 7:05 am edt.