Ishion Hutchinson

Ishion Hutchinson (born 1983) is a Jamaican poet and essayist acclaimed for poetry collections including Far District (2010), House of Lords and Commons (2016, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), and School of Instructions (2023, Griffin Poetry Prize finalist). His honors include the Whiting Award (2013), Windham-Campbell Prize (2019), Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Poets.org