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Tyehimba Jess

Tyehimba Jess is author of leadbelly and Olio, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He is Professor of English at College of Staten Island.

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Arts in Society

Writing Our Ancestors

A recording of the launch event for Boston Review’s new literary anthology, Ancestors. Renowned writers read their poems, fiction, and more. 

Adam McGee, Domenica Ruta, Tyehimba Jess, Ed Pavlić, Sonia Sanchez, Ivelisse Rodriguez, Cheswayo Mphanza, Yeoh Jo-Ann

Arts in Society

Ancestral Wealth

The Sacred Black Masculine in My Life

Tyehimba Jess

       

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