Boy with Thorn

Name: Boy with Thorn
ISBN: 9780822963813

by Rickey Laurentiis

Whiting Award · 2018 · Winner

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Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2018	Winner

About the Author

Rickey LaurentiisAmerican

Rickey Laurentiis (b. 1989) is an American trans poet raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are the author of Boy with Thorn (2015), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and Levis Reading Prize, and Death of the First Idea (2025), longlisted for the National Book Award. Read more →