Jamaal May

Jamaal May
May at Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University
May at Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Detroit, Michigan
OccupationPoet, Professor
NationalityAmerican

Jamaal May is an American poet from Detroit.[1][2]

Life and career

May lived in Detroit, where he taught poetry in public schools as a Writer-in-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts. He received an MFA from Warren Wilson College.[3] May has taught at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and was a fellow at the Kenyon Review between 2014 and 2016.[4][5] May cites Vievee Francis, another poet from Detroit, as an influence and mentor.

His work has appeared in the Best American Poetry 2014,The Believer, Poetry, and Ploughshares .[1][6] His first book, Hum, received generally favorable reviews.[7][8]

Bibliography

  • The God engine: poems, Columbus, Ohio: Pudding House Publications, 2009. OCLC 752432089
  • The whetting of teeth: and other poems, Detroit, Mich.: Organic Weapon Arts, 2012. ISBN 9780982710623, OCLC 823602995
  • Hum, Alice James Books, 2013
  • The Big Book of Exit Strategies Farmington, Maine: Alice James Books, 2016. ISBN 9781938584244, OCLC 920019109

In Anthology

  • Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018. OCLC 1004957170

References

  1. ^ a b Poetry Foundation. "Jamaal May". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. ^ Williams, Brooke (4 February 2014). "Jamaal May -- Detroit Humming Inside Him". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ^ The Kenyon Review. "Jamaal May". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ "The Kenyon Review Fellowships: History". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ Hodge, Anna Claire. "Interview: Jamaal May". The Southeast Review. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. ^ The Believer (1 September 2013). "Contributors: Jamaal May". The Believer. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. ^ Cain, Martin. "Hum by Jamaal May". HTMLGiant. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  8. ^ Winter, David (5 September 2014). "Review of Hum by Jamaal May". The Journal. Retrieved 5 August 2015.


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