The Tradition

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"The Tradition" by Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection, explores survival amidst contradiction, confronting the normalization of evil and personal history. Brown's poems delve into themes of safety, nationhood, and freedom, touching on fatherhood, legacy, blackness, queerness, worship, and trauma with stunning clarity. His mastery is evident in the invention of the duplex form, combining sonnet, ghazal, and blues, showcasing his formal skill and profound humanity. Claudia Rankine praises Brown's work as a display of devastating genius.

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110

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Copper Canyon Press