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About Me

Skye Jackson was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She writes about love, femininity and the challenges of navigating our modern world as a young Black woman. Her work has appeared in Palette PoetryThe Southern Review, RHINORATTLE and elsewhere.

 

She is the author of the chapbook A Faster Grave (2019) and her debut collection of poetry, Libre, which was recently published by Regalo Press and distributed nationally by Simon & Schuster.

 

Jackson has been a finalist for the RATTLE Prize, the RHINO Founders' Prize, the Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize and in 2021 she received the AWP Intro Journals Award and was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize & Best New Poets. Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins selected her poem "can we touch your hair?" for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project Anthology.

 

She has received support for her work from The Frost Place, The Key West Literary Seminar & Cave Canem. This summer, she will serve as Writer-in-Residence of the Jack Kerouac House. In 2024, she was appointed as the Chairwoman of the New Orleans Poetry Festival Board. She currently serves as the Visiting Writer & Lecturer of Xavier University of Louisiana.

 

Skye Jackson is currently represented by Jane Hamilton at the Jane Hamilton Literary Agency.

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