Marcus Jackson

Marcus Jackson is an award-winning poet and photographer who studied in NYU’s graduate creative writing program and as a Cave Canem fellow. His poems and photographs have appeared in such publications as The American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. His second book of poems, entitled Pardon My Heart (Northwestern University Press), was released in 2018. Jackson’s latest book of street portraits and poetry is entitled Love’s Austere and Lonely Offices and was released this year. His photographs have been shown or are scheduled for exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art, Moscow Contemporary, and the College of Wooster Art Museum.  Jackson lives with his wife and child in Columbus, Ohio, and he directs the MFA program in creative writing at Ohio State.