Jonathan Jackson Jr.

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Jonathan Jackson Jr. is a poet, song and fiction writer from Youngstown, Ohio.  He studied Music Business at Columbia College Chicago. His poetry has appeared on medium.com, and was selected as a feature collection for an author talk and reading hosted by Lit Youngstown in 2020. Jackson began writing fiction in 2023. He resides in New Orleans, where he is a participant in the New Orleans Writers Workshop, as well as a writing group, where he continues to hone his craft. Jackson currently serves as Program Engagement Manager at an arts enrichment out-of-school time nonprofit,  Community Works, where he began teaching Creative Writing in 2021.

In Not So Many Words - Poetry Collection- - Independently Published

(2020)

For Many Black People, Our Names Are Still A Direct Connection To Slavery - Op-Ed/Blavity 

(2020)

Currently on Submission with Short Fiction

Workshops

New Orleans Writing Workshop w/ T. Clark - Building The Short Story (2024)

San Fransisco Writers Workshop w/ Judy Viertel and Kurt Wallace 

(2024)

New Orleans Writing Workshop w/ T. Clark - Writing Fiction

 (2024)

New Orleans Writing Workshop w/ Allison Alsup - Dynamic Scene Building (2024)

Appearances

New Book News- LIT Youngstown- Reading and Author Talk

(2020)

Scholarship Fund Event- House of Bluez- Reading

(2020)