The Tradition (poetry collection)

The Tradition
L. Ralphi Burgess, You're in the Middle of the World, ca. 2017, acrylic and mixed media, 18" × 25"[1]
AuthorJericho Brown
Audio read byJD Jackson
Cover artistLauren Ralphi Burgess
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherCopper Canyon Press
Publication date
April 2, 2019
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback and hardcover), e-book
Pages110 (paperback)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (2020)
ISBN978-1-55659-486-1 (paperback)
OCLC1113894902
811/.6
LC ClassPS3602.R699 A6 2019
Preceded byThe New Testament 

The Tradition is a 2019 poetry collection by American poet Jericho Brown.[2]

The collection won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[3] Judges of the prize called the book "a collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation of bodies vulnerable to hostility and violence."[4]

  1. ^ "The Tradition by Jericho Brown". Copper Canyon Press. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners". www.pulitzer.org.
  3. ^ Maher, John (May 4, 2020). "Moser, Whitehead, McDaniel, Grandin, Boyer, Brown Win 2020 Pulitzers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 13, 2020.