J.D. Debris
Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing
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Education
M.F.A., Creative Writing - Poetry, New York University,B.A., English, Salem State University
J.D. Debris is a poet, fiction writer, and musician from Salem, Massachusetts, known for his unique live performances incorporating poetry, live music, and storytelling. His debut book, The Scorpion's Question Mark, was selected by Cornelius Eady for the 2022 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. He has been a Goldwater Fellow at New York University, a Luso-American Fellow at DISQUIET, and a Mass Poetry Teaching Artist Fellow. His work has recently appeared in Poems.com's Poem-a-Day and The Kenyon Review, and has been commended by Narrative's 30 Below 30 List and Ploughshares' Emerging Writers Prize. He currently serves as a Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing at Southern Methodist University.
