The Tradition by Jericho Brown
PBS Autumn Choice 2019 Mark Ford ' - Guardian

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The Tradition by Jericho Brown <br><b>PBS Autumn Choice 2019</b> Mark Ford ' - GuardianJericho Browns daring poetry collection The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Browns poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What is safety? Who is this nation? Where does freedom truly lie? Poems of fatherhood, legacy, blackness, queerness, worship, and trauma are propelled into stunning clarity by Browns