![]() ![]() The Tradition by Jericho Brown, published in 2019, is an amazingly crafted book of poetry that seeks to explore varying facets of “tradition,” such as “ the sonnet tradition, the tradition of racial injustice in this country, the tradition of continuing to plant gardens.” He explores these points of tradition using the themes of “ Blackness … Queerness, Whiteness, Western mythology, education.” It has been listed as a 2019 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and long-listed in 2019 for the National Book Award for Poetry. ![]() In this Episode 3, we will discuss two works of poetry, The Tradition by Jericho Brown and Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong. And this is The Lift Up podcast - inviting you to discover empowering reads by marginalized writers. T: Happy Wednesday! I’m Tamara Crawford, here with Vina Orden. ![]()
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