Tyehimba Jess’s latest book of poetry, Olio (Wave Books, 2016), was a finalist for The 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award and received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His first book, leadbelly (Verse Press, now Wave Books, 2005), is a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. He won the 2001 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Poetry Award, an […]
On September 7, 2006, From the Fishouse was pleased to present a reading by Tyehimba Jess at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The event, sponsored by From the Fishouse and Bowdoin’s MacMillan House, in conjuction with Bowdoin’s Office of Residential Life, was made possible through generous grants by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Davis Family Foundation. […]
Tyehimba Jess reading leadbelly’s lessons live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.
Tyehimba Jess reading sallie ledbetter: a mother’s hymn live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.
Tyehimba Jess reading mistress stella speaks live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.
Tyehimba Jess reading bud russel, louisiana prison transfer man, 1920 live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.
Tyehimba Jess reading sing out live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.
Tyehimba Jess reading freedom live at the Donald B. MacMillan House, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006.