The Tradition

Jericho Brown's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Tradition, explores themes of evil, safety, identity, and resilience through a blend of poetic forms, including the duplex—combining the sonnet, ghazal, and blues. Addressing personal and historical struggles, Brown's collection examines fatherhood, legacy, blackness, queerness, worship, and trauma with striking clarity and formal mastery. The book is a provocative, vital exploration of survival and contradiction at the heart of human experience.