Jacoby Cochran

On May 13 Buzzfeed’s Literary Editor and award-winning poet, Saeed Jones, was named the 2015 Pen Literary Award recipient for his collection, Prelude to Bruise. To sum up the excitement, Jones posted to his Facebook page, “I was listening to Beyonce’s “7/11″ this morning when I found out.” This is Jones, a supremely talented writer with quick wit, beautiful insight into the world, hard-earned accomplishments to his name, and a knack for one-liners.