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."

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Terrance Hayes canonical 3
Saeed Jones 1

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instanceOf person
poet
professor
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
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
University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED
employer Carnegie Mellon University NERFINISHED
Columbia University
New York University NERFINISHED
University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
familyName Hayes NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork African-American literature NERFINISHED
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
Hip Logic NERFINISHED
How to Be Drawn NERFINISHED
Lighthead NERFINISHED
Muscular Music NERFINISHED
Wind in a Box NERFINISHED
occupation poet
professor
writer
placeOfBirth Columbia, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of English
professor of writing
sexOrGender male
writingStyle innovative use of poetic form
writingTheme American culture
identity
masculinity
race

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux hasPublished Terrance Hayes
this entity surface form: Saeed Jones
Wallace Stevens Award notableRecipient Terrance Hayes
American poetry hasNotableFigure Terrance Hayes