Jamaal May Explained

Jamaal May
Birth Date:	1982
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan
Occupation:	Poet, Professor
Nationality:	American

Jamaal May is an American poet from Detroit.^{[1] [2]}

Life and career

May lived in Detroit, where he taught poetry in public schools as a Writer-in-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts. He received an MFA from Warren Wilson College.^[3] May has taught at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and was a fellow at the Kenyon Review between 2014 and 2016.^{[4] [5]} May cites Vievee Francis, another poet from Detroit, as an influence and mentor.

His work has appeared in the Best American Poetry 2014,The Believer, Poetry, and Ploughshares .^{[1] [6]} His first book, Hum, received generally favorable reviews.^{[7] [8]}

Bibliography

• The God engine: poems, Columbus, Ohio: Pudding House Publications, 2009.
• The whetting of teeth: and other poems, Detroit, Mich.: Organic Weapon Arts, 2012.,
• Hum, Alice James Books, 2013
• The Big Book of Exit Strategies Farmington, Maine: Alice James Books, 2016.,

In Anthology

• Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jamaal May. Poetry Foundation. The Poetry Foundation. 5 August 2015.
2. Web site: Jamaal May -- Detroit Humming Inside Him. Williams. Brooke. 4 February 2014. The Huffington Post. 5 August 2015.
3. Web site: Jamaal May. The Kenyon Review. The Kenyon Review. 5 August 2015.
4. Web site: The Kenyon Review Fellowships: History. The Kenyon Review. 17 December 2017.
5. Web site: Interview: Jamaal May. Hodge. Anna Claire. The Southeast Review. 5 August 2015.
6. Web site: Contributors: Jamaal May. The Believer. 1 September 2013. The Believer. 5 August 2015.
7. Web site: Hum by Jamaal May. Cain. Martin. HTMLGiant. 5 August 2015.
8. Web site: Review of Hum by Jamaal May. Winter. David. 5 September 2014. The Journal. 5 August 2015.