--- product_id: 339235348 title: "The Tradition: WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY" brand: "jericho brown" price: "€ 14.37" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/339235348-the-tradition-winner-of-the-2020-pulitzer-prize-for-poetry store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Tradition: WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY **Brand:** jericho brown **Price:** € 14.37 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Tradition: WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY by jericho brown - **How much does it cost?** € 14.37 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/339235348-the-tradition-winner-of-the-2020-pulitzer-prize-for-poetry) ## Best For - jericho brown enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jericho brown brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Tradition: WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY ## Images ![The Tradition: WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51xBOZ8atIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If this isn't art, I don't know what is. *by N***S on Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2020* Brown's vivacious style and coaxing rhythms carefully critique a more universal experience of race, hope, despair, all entrenched in the modernness of American life. He diligently crafts the experiences of a black man in such a way that someone like me, a straight, white, male, cannot help but feel deeply connected to such simultaneous atrocity and courage.These characteristics are perhaps the most developed in the juxtaposition between the collection's title and perhaps the most discussed poem from the work, "Duplex." Brown invents this new format immediately before our eyes, a concoction of the sonnet, blues, and ghazal styles. The end product beautifully drapes trauma and triumph in a neat bow, and the reader cannot help but deeply empathize with its poignant repeated final line. Because that is exactly what the book is all about; taking the tradition of the black experience and making something entirely new, simultaneously honoring it and elevating beyond its constraints. No wonder the collection is so awarded.This is further explored in Brown's articulate use of common, modern vernacular. Colloquialisms that we often view as a lower form of language are elevated here, and they become their own kind of music to our ears. We see our casual selves, our thoughtless, everyday personality, pedestaled gorgeously until we respect such "low level" language. Once more, this is the point of the book: just like the black and brown people who have endured centuries-long disdain and oppression, Brown makes it his mission to elevate the otherwise untouched forms of literature.If this isn't art, I don't know what is. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Survival in spite of... *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on 8 November 2021* If the word tradition means something that is being passed down from generation to generation, one might wonder what tradition Jericho Brown is following or approaching in his collection. However, the better question would be what is Brown traditionalizing? Beginning The Tradition with a poem narrated by someone who prefers ignorant bliss to the truth, Brown uses the first section to introduce a tradition of denial, pain, and loss through the thingification of the black body as flowers, furniture, and such. The second section moves from observation to accusation where Brown attacks subjects such as the system of white supremacy, in all its uncertainty and ambivalence in the poem “Riddle.” In the midst of highlighting generational traumas and violence, there is an underlying persistence in Brown’s work; the small but strong voice of endurance. Brown seems to imply that it is the piecing together of ourselves, as Brown has pieced together poetic forms to create his duplexes, that shows survival in spite of... is our tradition. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thought provoking and powerful *by V***C on Reviewed in the United States on 30 June 2019* As somebody who rarely goes out of their way to read poetry, I can honestly say is a great collection! I first heard about the book on NPR’s Code Switch and fell in love with Brown’s voice, and immediately I had to purchase a copy for myself. Each poem is packed with such love, frustration, and call to action that I heard on the podcast. The theme address traditions in love, sexuality, gender, racism, and history, and balance perfectly within the Duplex quartet and the namesake poems. This was a short read, but I’m still thinking about it months later. 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