Brandon Som (born August 13, 1975)[1] is an American poet. His collections include The Tribute Horse (2014) and Tripas: Poems (2023), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2024. He is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego.[2]
Som's chapbook of poetry, Babel's Moon, was published in 2011.[4][8] His first complete collection of poems, The Tribute Horse, was published in 2014,[9][10] winning the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2015.[11]
Som's next collection, Tripas: Poems, was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2023.[12] It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and won the Pulitzer Prize.[13][14] The Pulitzer credit said the book "deeply engages with the complexities of the poet's dual Mexican and Chinese heritage, highlighting the dignity of his family's working lives, creating community rather than conflict".[14]