Gary Jackson

About The Author

Gary Jackson is an associate professor of creative writing at the College of Charleston. He is also the author of Missing You, Metropolis, which was the winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.

Series by the Author

Books by Gary Jackson

small lives

poems

By Gary Jackson
Poetry, yes. Superheroes, yes. This is a graphic novel in verse. Gary Jackson's work is inspired by Afro-futurism.
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origin story

poems

By Gary Jackson
origin story outlines a family history of distant sisters, grieving mothers and daughters, and alcoholic fathers. These poems take us from Kansas to Korea and back again in an attempt to reconnect with estranged family and familial ghosts divided by years of diaspora. An interrogation of c...
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