Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985)[1] is an American poet whose debut collection Prelude to Bruise was named a 2014 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry.[2]
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Born | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | November 26, 1985
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Western Kentucky University (BA) Rutgers University–Newark (MFA) |
Notable works | Prelude to Bruise |
Notable awards | Pushcart Prize |
Early life
Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Lewisville, Texas.[3] He attended college at Western Kentucky University, then earned an MFA at Rutgers University–Newark.[4]
Career
NPR called Prelude to Bruise, Jones's debut poetry collection, "brilliant, unsparing," "visceral and affecting."[5] The Kenyon Review said the work "evokes a perilous, often mythic, eroticism within a brutalizing context of violence."[6] TIME Magazine recommended it as "an engrossing read best consumed in as few sittings as possible."[7]
Jones has been a winner of the Pushcart Prize, the Joyce Osterwell Award for Poetry from the PEN Literary Awards,[8] and the Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Award for Literature, and a nominee for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. Jones has been featured on PBS NewsHour's poetry series[9] and on So Popular! with Janet Mock on MSNBC.[10] He was featured on the cover of Hello Mr. in 2015.[11]
Jones also writes an advice column for BuzzFeed's READER newsletter entitled "Dear Ferocity."[12]
Jones lives in Columbus, Ohio.[13]
Bibliography
Poetry collections
- When the Only Light is Fire. Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011.
- Prelude to Bruise. Coffee House Press, 2014.
In Anthology
- Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.
Memoir
- How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. 2019. ISBN 9781501132735.
References
- Jones, Saeed [@theferocity] (November 25, 2014). "It's my birthday tomorrow. I'll be 29. So grateful hasn't killed me yet" (Tweet). Retrieved April 25, 2017 – via Twitter.
- Charles, Ron (January 19, 2015). "National Book Critics Circle finalists". The Washington Post.
- Cochran, Jacoby (May 27, 2015). "Saeed Jones: Buzzfeed Editor, Poet, and Forensicator". Melo. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- Sacharow, Fredda (February 19, 2016). "Buzzfeed Names Rutgers MFA Graduate Executive Editor of Culture". Rutgers Today. Rutgers University.
- El-Mohtar, Amal (September 3, 2014). "Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise". All Things Considered. NPR.
- Journey, Anna (Fall 2014). "On Saeed Jones's Prelude to Bruise". Kenyon Review Online.
- Feeney, Nolan (September 29, 2014). "Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems". Time.
- Hertzel, Laurie (May 13, 2015). "Coffee House poet Saeed Jones wins PEN award". On Books. Star Tribune.
- van Wagtendonk, Anya (September 15, 2014). "Weekly Poem: Saeed Jones composes a 'Prelude' to one Boy's coming-of-age". PBS NewsHour.
- Mock, Janet (January 23, 2015). "'Prelude to Bruise,' the Poetry of Saeed Jones". So Popular!. Shift (MSNBC).
- Jones, Justin (September 26, 2014). "The Winning Gay Subtlety of 'Hello Mr.'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- "Hey, Did You Know BuzzFeed Has A Literary Magazine?". BuzzFeed. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- McGuire, Nneka (October 22, 2019). "Forget New York. For writer Saeed Jones, Columbus, Ohio, is the place to be a literary star". The Washington Post.
External links
Quotations related to Saeed Jones at Wikiquote