Home “Extraordinary…Jackson has created a new poetry of praise.” — San Francisco Chronicle LEARN MORE “Starred Review: This powerful book represents a painful but inspired journey.” — Publishers Weekly LEARN MORE American poet, professor and author of four collections of poetry. LEARN MORE “Lush reflections on ordinary lives” —Rain Taxi LEARN MORE “An ambitious debut, for which Major Jackson has coined an idiom and music all his own.” —Carl Phillips LEARN MORE “a celebration of the sanity, elegance, and enlightened compassion of the Obama presidency” LEARN MORE