Jericho Brown, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, explores themes of love, vulnerability, and unity in his poetry. The podcast delves into the complexities of relationships, highlighting the courage in seeking help and the importance of deep connections rooted in love for genuine change.
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Negative Triangulation
Triangulation in conflict can involve two people bonding over mutual dislike.
This can be unhelpful, even if initially pleasant.
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Positive Triangulation
Positive triangulation happens when shared values deepen love and courage.
This strengthens relationships despite differences.
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Hebrews 13
Jericho Brown's poem "Hebrews 13" describes a lover and brother visiting the speaker.
The scene involves shared silence and quickly drunk coffee.
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In “Hebrews 13” by Jericho Brown, a narrator says: “my lover and my brother both knocked at my door.” The heat is turned on, scalding coffee is offered and hastily swallowed, and silence is the soundtrack. What an exquisitely awkward triangle it is, and what a human, beautiful, and loving shape that can be.
Jericho Brown is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, where he also directs the university’s creative writing program. His books of poetry are The New Testament, Please, and The Tradition, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020.
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