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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.

Articles

A recording of the launch event for Boston Review’s new literary anthology, Ancestors. Renowned writers read their poems, fiction, and more.
Yeoh Jo-Ann, Cheswayo Mphanza, Ivelisse Rodriguez, Sonia Sanchez, Ed Pavlić, Tyehimba Jess, Domenica Ruta, Adam McGee
The Sacred Black Masculine in My Life
Tyehimba Jess

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