Prof Tyehimba Jess

New York, United States


Tyehimba Jess' "Olio" won the Pulitzer Prize, Anisfield-Wolf, Society of Midland Authors Poetry Award and recognition from the BCALA. His first book, "Leadbelly," won the National Poetry Series. A NEA, Whiting, Guggenheim and Lannan Foundation Award winner, he teaches at College of Staten Island.