American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes (born in Columbia, South Carolina) is one of the most formally inventive and critically acclaimed American poets of his generation. He received his BA from Coker College and his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh, where he later became a professor. His collection Lighthead (Penguin, 2010) won the National Book Award for Poetry. Earlier collections include Wind in a Box (Penguin, 2006) and Hip Logic (Penguin, 2002). His collection American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin, 2018) was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and fellowships from the NEA. He is a professor at New York University.