Amaud Jamaul Johnson is the author of three poetry collections, Imperial Liquor (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), Darktown Follies (Tupelo Press, 2013), and Red Summer (Tupelo 2006). A former Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford, his honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Dorset Prize, and fellowships from MacDowell, VSC, Bread Loaf, and Cave Canem. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and Best American Poetry. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a resident in April 2019.
