Join us for an immersion in the vivid music of poetry that reaches for the rapture of everyday life, and an exploration of how that passion is shared with readers and listeners.
Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems traces the evolution of Major Jackson’s transformative imagination and fierce music through five acclaimed volumes. Taken together, these two decades of writing offer a sustained portrait of a poet “bound up in the ecstatic,” whose buoyant lyricism confronts the social and political forces that would demean humanity.
In January 2023, Jackson took the helm of The Slowdown, public media’s flagship daily poetry podcast. Every morning, The Slowdown presents to listeners a moment of reflection and a poem, something to carry through their day and center their unique experience in the music of language. Readings by Jackson and poet Alexandria Hall will be followed by conversation lead by The Slowdown’s producer, Myka Kielbon.
Buy the collection here: www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781324064909
Listen to The Slowdown: www.slowdownshow.org