Overview
Ishion Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of two poetry collections: Far District and House of Lords and Commons. He is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, the Whiting Writers Award, the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among others. He is a contributing editor to the literary journals The Common and Tongue: A Journal of Writing & Art.
Research Focus
- Poetry in translation
- American and British poetry
- Creative writing and creative reading
- The long poem and the epic
In the news
- Your June 2025 reads
- Poet Ishion Hutchinson tilts into expansive essay writing
- Throughout history, poets find inspiration at Cornell
- A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships
- Book-length poem narrates struggle of young Black fighters in WWI
- From poetry to philosophy to politics, Humanities Scholars share research
- Michael Koch, Epoch editor, remembered for ‘quiet grace’
- Student Spotlight: Esther Kondo Heller
- Time and sanctuary: Writing program shapes promising voices
- ‘Writers & Poets’ faculty reading series begins Nov. 30
- Daylong ‘Odyssey’ event to feature community, campus readers
- English professor surprised with Windham-Campbell Prize
- Hutchinson, Fridlund receive American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards
- Pollack champions ‘educational verve,’ humane and rational values
- Cornell poet to kick off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series
- Baptist, Hutchinson awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
- Hutchinson wins National Book Critics Circle poetry award
- Music and poetry intersect in March 18 concert
ENGL Courses - Spring 2025
- ENGL 3840 : Poetry Writing
- ENGL 4800 : Advanced Poetry Writing
- ENGL 4940 : Honors Essay Tutorial II
- ENGL 4950 : Independent Study