Saeed Jones

Saeed Jones
Nationality American
Education M.F.A. Rutgers University-Newark
Alma mater B.A. Western Kentucky University
Notable works Prelude to a Bruise
Notable awards Pushcart Prize
Website
twitter.com/theferocity

Saeed Jones is an American poet whose debut collection Prelude to a Bruise was named a 2014 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry.[1] Jones is also executive editor for culture at Buzzfeed.[2]

Early life

Jones was born in 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 a 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 now lives in New York City.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Charles, Ron (19 January 2015). "National Book Critics Circle finalists". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ "Saeed Jones". BuzzFeed.
  3. ↑ Cochran, Jacoby (May 27, 2015). "Saeed Jones: Buzzfeed Editor, Poet, and Forensicator - Melo". Melo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Sacharow, Fredda (February 19, 2016). "Buzzfeed Names Rutgers MFA Graduate Executive Editor of Culture". news.rutgers.edu.
  5. ↑ El-Mohtar, Amal (September 3, 2014). "Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise". NPR.org.
  6. ↑ Journey, Anna. "On Saeed Jones's Prelude to Bruise | Kenyon Review Online". www.kenyonreview.org.
  7. ↑ Feeney, Nolan. "Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems". TIME.com.
  8. ↑ Hertzel, Laurie (May 13, 2015). "Coffee House poet Saeed Jones wins PEN award". Star Tribune.
  9. ↑ Van Wagtendonk, Anya (September 15, 2014). "Weekly Poem: Saeed Jones composes a 'Prelude' to one Boy's coming-of-age". PBS NewsHour.
  10. ↑ Mock, Janet (January 23, 2015). "'Prelude to Bruise,' the Poetry of Saeed Jones". MSNBC.
  11. ↑ Jones, Justin. "The Winning Gay Subtlety of 'Hello Mr.'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Staff, Adam Davis BuzzFeed. "The Best Essays, Poems, And Advice Are In BuzzFeed READER's Newsletter!". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  13. ↑ "Saeed Jones". www.poetryfoundation.org.
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