House of Lords and Commons

Name: House of Lords and Commons
ISBN: 9780374173029

by Ishion Hutchinson

National Book · 2016 · Winner

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Farrar, Straus and GirouxAugust 2, 2016PoetryISBN 9780374173029

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	2016	Winner

About This Book

Ishion Hutchinson's second collection writes between his native Jamaica and the wider world, drawing on Derek Walcott's tradition of Caribbean pastoral and elegy. Winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry.

About the Author

Ishion HutchinsonJamaican

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