The Tradition (poetry collection)

The Tradition
L. Ralphi Burgess, You're in the Middle of the World, ca. 2017, acrylic and mixed media, 18" × 25"
AuthorJericho Brown
Audio read byJD Jackson
Cover artistLauren Ralphi Burgess
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherCopper Canyon Press
Publication date
April 2, 2019
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback and hardcover), e-book
Pages110 (paperback)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (2020)
ISBN978-1-55659-486-1 (paperback)
OCLC1113894902
811/.6
LC ClassPS3602.R699 A6 2019
Preceded byThe New Testament 

The Tradition is a 2019 poetry collection by American poet Jericho Brown.

The collection won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Judges of the prize called the book "a collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation of bodies vulnerable to hostility and violence."