Brandon SomBrandon Som is a Chicano and Chinese American poet. He received his PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Southern California, and an MFA in poetry at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Tripas, which was awardedthe 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His debut poetry collection The Tribute Horse was awarded the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. His writing and research interests include literary arts and creative writing, twentieth and twenty-first century poetry, transpacific and border studies, Asian American and Chicanx-Latinx literary and cultural studies. Read More Read Less