Jericho Brown – Small Truths and Other Surprises

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The poet Jericho Brown reminds us to bear witness to the complexity of the human experience, to interrogate the proximity of violence to love, and to look and listen closer so that we might uncover the small truths and surprises in life. His presence is irreverent and magnetic, as the high school students who joined us for this conversation experienced firsthand at the 2018 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. And now he’s won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Editor’s note: This interview discusses sexual violence and rape. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org

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0:00.0	Support for Onbeing with Christa Tippett comes from the Fetzer Institute, helping build
0:04.5	the Spiritual Foundation for a loving world.
0:07.8	Fetzer's new study, What does spirituality mean to us?
0:11.4	Reveals how spirituality informs our understanding of ourselves and each other, and inspires us
0:16.5	to take action for the common good.
0:19.0	Explore these findings and more at spiritualitystudy.org.
0:23.6	Jericho Brown is beloved in the world of poetry and education.
0:28.1	Now his book The Tradition has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
0:33.8	We had an audience of newer high school students for this conversation which ranged from the
0:38.4	proximity of violence and love, the complexity each of us is, and small truths and the surprises
0:46.0	they bring.
0:47.0	Plus, it was fun to read Jericho's own words back to him.
0:52.2	Only the creative mind can make use of hope.
0:54.9	Only a creative people can wield it.
0:58.0	Only a creative people?
1:00.0	I got some creative people out there!
1:02.2	Yes, God!
1:03.2	I'm Christa Tippett and this is Onbeing.
1:08.6	Jericho Brown is Associate Professor and the Director of the Creative Writing Program
1:13.2	at Emory University.
1:15.2	We recorded our conversation on stage at the 2018 Geraldine R. Dodd Festival, where we
1:21.5	were introduced by the Dodd Foundation's Program Director, Martin Farrowell.
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