Stephen Jackson
@fortyoddcrows
PNW: Seattle, Portland, Eugene 🌲 | Working-class, poet, photographer, 🌱 | Allium, The Branches, Cathexis Northwest Press, A Curious Moon, Dolomite Review, fourteen poems, Prairie Fire, Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology
I love Douglas Stuart's novels, and I've been waiting months for this to come in at the library! Yay!
Much of my Summer is spent rotating through Seattle's various wooded areas. It was back to Interlaken today.
Walked to Streissguth Gardens this evening to check up on the Hollyhocks. Didn't expect to be eating Blackberries off of the bush this soon.
It's humbling to visit a graveyard on your birthday. Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, OR.
Saddened by the news of Louise Lasser's death, and sickened by this vile headline.
"...a gorgeous, aching, profound novel about AIDS, art, grief, time, memory, sex, desire, and love. The spell of Charlie Porter's language, the mesmerizing flow and rhythms of his sentences, transported me into an intimate dream space that I didn't want to leave." —Carter Sickels
I am a huge fan of Stone of Madness Press, and "An Inventory of Things That Swallow Light" by Atif Nawaz will let you know why. I am gobsmacked! stoneofmadnesspress.com/atif-nawaz
There are so many events, real or imagined, that mark for me the start of Summer in Seattle. This is one of my favorites!
What an amazing day! And now the first hollyhocks I've seen this year!
Got this beauty in the mail today! My poem "David on the Bus" is on page 18. So grateful to Elizabeth Coletti and everyone at The Branches for including me!
Gorgeous day at Seattle's Union Bay Natural Area yesterday, sighting eagles, red-winged blackbirds, geese/goslings, rabbits, turtles, and more!
Beautiful weather yesterday for the Northwest Folklife Festival!
Andrea Wilbur-Sigo's beautiful welcome figure was recently installed at Fortson Square! This art is a major component of the transformation of this space into one that honors Seattle's indigenous history.