Reading with Amaud Jamaul Johnson, part of the Lane Lecture Series

The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event in the Lane Lecture Series: A Reading with Amaud Jamaul Johnson.

This event is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Registration is encouraged but not required. Register here

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Amaud Jamaul Johnson is the author of three poetry collections, Imperial Liquor (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), Darktown Follies (Tupelo Press, 2013), and Red Summer (Tupelo 2006). Born and raised in Compton, California, educated at Howard University and Cornell University, his honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Edna Meudt Poetry Award, the Dorset Prize, and fellowships from MacDowell, Stanford, Bread Loaf, and Cave Canem. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Southern Review, American Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Callaloo, Academy of American Poets, Furious Flower, andBest American Poetry. He currently teaches at Pomona College, where he is the Arthur M. and Fanny M. Dole Professor of English.