Major Jackson

Save the Date! 📚 The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist will be announced on March 25, 2026. Ten books will be selected by this year’s judges—Major Jackson, Andrea Cote, and Luke Hathaway—celebrating outstanding poetry from around the world. griffinpoetryprize.com

Three days left to submit to the 2026 Furious Flower Poetry Prize, judged by Major Jackson! The winner and honorable mention receive $1,500 and $750, respectively, and multiple writers will be selected for publication: clmp.org/members/open-s…

The Furious Flower Poetry Prize judged by Major Jackson closes in two weeks, and we're still looking for your work! Don’t procrastinate on your big moment—submit today! Link in our bio. #BlackPoetry #poetrycontest #poetryprize #poetrycompetion #poetry #creativewriting

Major Jackson is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University, Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review, and the author of six poetry collections, most recently 𝙍𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚: 𝙉𝙚𝙬 & 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨.

Spend a week with us in Gambier this summer to challenge yourself and generate new work. S/o to the brilliant luminaries in our Session 1 Poetry Faculty: Anthony Cody, Major Jackson, Yalie Saweda Kamara, & Felicia Zamora. Find all the details at the link: kenyonreview.org/event/summer-r…

Whether Major Jackson is teaching, writing or critiquing, at the center of his work is a voracious hunger for artful language—underpinned by a commitment to painting the quotidian in new and unexpected ways. news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/01/15/maj…

We are thrilled to welcome Major Jackson as one of our three judges this year, alongside Andrea Cote and Luke Hathaway.

An Interview with Major Jackson "The interweaving of poetry and soup presaged Jackson’s next book, A Bowl of Goodness: Nourishing Poems With a Side of Soup, an anthology due out from Storey Publishing next fall." Read here: sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/foo…

Free poetry collection giveaway! I’m giving away poetry collections by each of the poets who endorsed my book: Major Jackson, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Erika Meitner, Kate Daniels, and Philip Metres. Preorder Holy the Body, then enter on my website! Thanks!

Former UVM prof Major Jackson and his wife, poet Didi Jackson, teach in Tennessee but write and cook in Vermont, too. He combines both in his next book, 'A Bowl of Goodness: Nourishing Poems With a Side of Soup,' due out next fall. sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/foo…

Th 2026 Poetry Prize for emerging poets is live! This year’s judge is Major Jackson. Submit up to 3 poems for a chance to win $$$, publication, & a reading of your work at FFPC in September! Closes 02/15/26 winners announced in April.   #PoetryPrize #PoetryContest #BlackPoetry

In our last #VSthePodcast live episode, Brittany and Ajanaé talk with Cornelius Eady and Major Jackson live in Chicago! 🎤 bit.ly/3KTfvtW

In @nytopinion “Eating soup is unlike consuming other kinds of food. It’s not just nourishing; it’s also soothing. Soup calls our better, more peaceful selves to the table,” writes Major Jackson. nyti.ms/4mtciiE

Thanks to Major Jackson for inviting me to the beautiful Vanderbilt campus. With Rick Hilles and Su Cho.

Love Like Goths by Major Jackson ⁦@onlypoemsmag⁩ onlypoemsdaily.com/p/love-like-go…

Major Jackson

'finding beauty', the series i helped conceive @nytopinion has arrived at soup, under the auspices of the great poet major jackson. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

this series is turning out to be about the beauty of the everyday, of things we all already know in some sense: the beauty of the quotidian world. this might be the very best example, by major jackson and hélène blanc. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Major Jackson: Poet and Teacher - Nashville Banner - He is a professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Coming to Nashville to teach was a ... - ift.tt/XNbhidk

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