![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is an assistant professor in the creative writing program at Emory University in Atlanta. ![]() His most recent book, The New Testament, was published by Copper Canyon Press. His first book, Please, won the American Book Award. from the University of Houston, an MFA from the University of New Orleans, and a BA from Dillard University. The Shreveport, Louisiana, native’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Best American Poetry as well as Nikki Giovanni’s 100 Best African American Poems. On hand that night will be a group of writers from throughout the region included in the book, a multifarious extravaganza of queer talent who will offer a wide array of voices and perspectives … and party and celebrate The Queer South.įeatured among the readers will be Jericho Brown, a recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard and the National Endowment for the Arts. The evening will be hosted by The Waves founders, Brad Richard and Elizabeth Gross. The new anthology, published by Sibling Rivalry Press, features poetry and prose that sings of and explores the queer experience of the American South. This event celebrates the release of The Queer South: LGBTQ Writers on the American South, edited by Douglas Ray. Press Street is proud to host another installment of The Waves, one of the fastest-growing and most popular queer reading series in the nation, for an event at 7 p.m. ![]()
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