Tyehimba Jess Tyehimba Jess is author of leadbelly and Olio, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He is Professor of English at College of Staten Island. Writing Our AncestorsA recording of the launch event for Boston Review’s new literary anthology, Ancestors. Renowned writers read their poems, fiction, and more. Adam McGee Domenica Ruta Tyehimba Jess Ed Pavlić Sonia Sanchez Ivelisse Rodriguez Cheswayo Mphanza Yeoh Jo-Ann Ancestral WealthThe Sacred Black Masculine in My Life Tyehimba Jess