Aaron B. Jackson

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico US
Email: 
abjpoet@gmail.com
Website: 
www.aaronbjackson.com
Twitter/X: 
@abjpoet

Author's Bio

Aaron B. Jackson is the author of Dogetry. He has been published in over fifty publications and he is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ. His poems have appeared in The Bark Magazine, San Francisco Peace And Hope, Like One: Poems for Boston and Scripting Change: Seeing Past Sickness. His poetry has been exhibited in Finland’s Pori Art Museum as part of a multimedia collaboration with photographer Chi Modu and motion artist Jan Tompkins and he has twice been the recipient of grants from the Puffin Foundation. Jackson has written and starred in an ad campaign for the Partnership for a Drug Free America and he also served as a poetry judge for the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the Jersey City Independent. Currently he lives with his family in Albuquerque, NM and is the store manager of Bookworks. For more information visit aaronbjackson.com.

Publications & Prizes

Performances:
Featured performer on "The B-Side" airing on the Black Starz network (2006)
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July 23rd, 2005 Featured poet at Space Island, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
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April 23rd 2005, Featured performer at The Garden Book Shop, NYC (2005)
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February 19th 2005, Featured performer at United Divas 2 year anniversary (2005)
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June 23rd 2005, Featured performer at Tales From The Heart of Hollywood (2005)
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June 8th 2005, Featured performer at the Next Stage Theatre, Hollywood, CA (2005)
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March 11th 2005, Featured performer at the Iron Monkey, Jersey City, NJ (2005)
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May 12th 2005, Featured performer, Poet's Jazz House, Hollywood, CA (2005)
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Middlepoet grand finale at the Waterbug Annex, April 21st 2005 (2005)
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Middlepoet performs at Dickinson High School, April 21st, 2005 (2005)
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September 13th 2005, featured performer, Da Poetry Lounge, Hollywood (2005)
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December 1st 2004, Featured performer at club L.I.T.M in Jersey City, NJ (2004)
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June 10th, 2004 featured performer at City Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey (2004)
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March 5th, 2004 featured performer at City Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey (2004)
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Oct 3rd 2004, Featured performer at The Waterbug Hotel, Jersey CIty, NJ (2004)
Prizes won: 

Awards: -Jersey City Independent Poetry Judge, April 2015 -COA (Connecticut Office of the Arts) Poetry Fellowship Judge, April 2013 -Notes & Grace Notes Poetry Judge, December 2008 -Semi-Finalist, Pen USA Emerging Voices Fellowship, 2006 -Recipient of grants from the Puffin Foundation, 2004 and 2005 -Named Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ, June 25th 2004 -Second place Poetryshelf month long poetry slam, March 2004 -Burlington political slam poetry champion, Burlington, VT, March 17th 2000 -Alternate to New England Young Writer’s Conference at Bread Loaf, 1991

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Burlington, VT
Vermont
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Last update: Nov 19, 2022