Terrance Hayes
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Terrance Hayes is an acclaimed contemporary American poet known for his innovative use of form and exploration of race, identity, and masculinity in works such as "Lighthead."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terrance Hayes canonical | 3 |
| Saeed Jones | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5685999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terrance Hayes Context triple: [National Book Award for Poetry, notableWinner, Terrance Hayes]
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A.
Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith is an acclaimed American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate whose work explores history, identity, and the cosmos.
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B.
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco is an American poet known for being the first Latino, openly gay, and immigrant writer to serve as inaugural poet for a U.S. president.
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D.
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet, novelist, and essayist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of war, memory, queerness, and diaspora.
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E.
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, and essayist renowned for her genre-blending works that confront race, citizenship, and contemporary American life, particularly in her acclaimed book "Citizen: An American Lyric."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terrance Hayes Target entity description: Terrance Hayes is an acclaimed contemporary American poet known for his innovative use of form and exploration of race, identity, and masculinity in works such as "Lighthead."
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A.
Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith is an acclaimed American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate whose work explores history, identity, and the cosmos.
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B.
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.
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C.
Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco is an American poet known for being the first Latino, openly gay, and immigrant writer to serve as inaugural poet for a U.S. president.
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D.
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet, novelist, and essayist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of war, memory, queerness, and diaspora.
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E.
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, and essayist renowned for her genre-blending works that confront race, citizenship, and contemporary American life, particularly in her acclaimed book "Citizen: An American Lyric."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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poet ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Award for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ National Poetry Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiting Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-11-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Coker College
NERFINISHED
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University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Carnegie Mellon University
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName | Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African-American literature
NERFINISHED
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contemporary poetry ⓘ creative writing ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Terrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://terrancehayes.com/ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| name | Terrance Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
NERFINISHED
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Hip Logic NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Be Drawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Lighthead NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscular Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Wind in a Box NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Columbia, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of English
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professor of writing ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| writingStyle | innovative use of poetic form ⓘ |
| writingTheme |
American culture
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identity ⓘ masculinity ⓘ race ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Terrance Hayes Description of subject: Terrance Hayes is an acclaimed contemporary American poet known for his innovative use of form and exploration of race, identity, and masculinity in works such as "Lighthead."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saeed Jones