Brandon Som
Brandon Som | |
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| Born | August 13, 1975 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Poet |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2024) |
Brandon Som (born August 13, 1975)[1] is an American poet. His collections include The Tribute Horse (2014) and Tripas: Poems (2023), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2024. He is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego.[2]
Life and career[edit]
Sam was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona.[1] He is of Mexican and Chinese descent.[3] He received his Bachelor of Arts at Arizona State University, Master of Fine Arts at the University of Pittsburgh, and PhD at the University of Southern California.[4]
Som's chapbook Babel's Moon was published in 2011.[4][5] His first collection of poems, The Tribute Horse, was published in 2014.[6][7] It won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2015.[8]
Som's next collection, Tripas: Poems, was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2023.[9] It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and won the Pulitzer Prize.[10][11] The Pulitzer credit said the book "deeply engages with the complexities of the poet's dual Mexican and Chinese heritage, highlighting the dignity of his family's working lives, creating community rather than conflict".[11]
Bibliography[edit]
- Babel's Moon (2011)
- The Tribute Horse (2014)
- Tripas: Poems (2023)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Brandon Som". Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Brandon Som". University of California, San Diego. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Brandon Som". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Brandon Som". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Eilbert, Natalie (December 26, 2012). "'Babel's Moon' by Brandon Som". The Rumpus. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Yau, John (August 28, 2016). "Foreign Sounds or Sounds Foreign". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Meriwether (Fall–Winter 2014). "The Tribute Horse by Brandon Som". Asian American Literary Review. Vol. 5, no. 2.
- ^ "CGU announces winners of 2015 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards: Angie Estes and Brandon Som". Claremont Graduate University. February 25, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Book shares poems at the intersection of Asian and Latine communities". University of Georgia. May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Tripas". National Book Foundation. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tripas: Poems, by Brandon Som (Georgia Review Books)". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Living people
- 1975 births
- Poets from Arizona
- Writers from Phoenix, Arizona
- American poets of Mexican descent
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Arizona State University alumni
- University of Pittsburgh alumni
- University of Southern California alumni
- University of California, San Diego faculty
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners