School of Instructions

Griffin Poetry · 2024 · Shortlist

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Griffin Poetry Prize	2024	Shortlist

About This Book

Recognized by the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2024.

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