Wright, Jay: - JaJay Wright (born 1934) is an African-American poet, playwright and essayist. Born in New Mexico, he currently lives in Bradford, Vermont. Although his work is not as widely known as other American poets of his generation, it has received considerable critical acclaim. Wright's work is emblematic of what the Guyanese-British writer Wilson Harris has termed the "cross-cultural imagination." Over the years he has been poet in residence at Yale University as well as historically Black colleges and universities such as Talledega University, Tougaloo University, Texas Southern University, and the University of Dundee.