Aaron Brendan Jackson was born in New York City and is the son of writer Blyden Jackson, an African American activist and Jane Jackson, a philanthropist of Irish and French Canadian heritage. Aaron was raised in Vermont and pursued higher education at both the University of Vermont and Kean University. Jackson has twice been a recipient of grants from the Puffin foundation and he is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ, as honored by former Mayor, L. Harvey Smith. His writing often reflects his dual heritage, with a focus on themes of love and urban existence as well as all things dog. Currently, Jackson writes and lives in New Jersey while working at the Strand Book Store in New York City. He lives with his wife and their two dogs Annie and Reggie.
Publications
Published Work:
Poetry:
-”And Dog Makes Three” Bark Magazine, Sept 2011
-”Coastal Haiku” and “Walking Buddy” Four and Twenty Journal, April 2010
-”In A Moment” Vwa: Poems for Haiti, edited by Lisa Marie Basile, March 2010
-“Slumber” Word Catalyst Magazine, March 2010
-“Classified”, “Mathematics”, “Skid Row Streets” Unhoused Voices: Granting Change for the Homeless, Sabella Press, August 2009
-“I’ll Be Your Huckleberry”, “Hollywood Interview” CommonLine, July 2009
-“Have You Seen My Girl?”, “Things That Are Getting On My Nerves” Afterword Magazine, July 2009
-”Democratic Transition”, “Mixed Me” Record Magazine, December 2008
-“Motion In Music” Halving A Baby, December 2006
-“Hollywood” Joey Magazine, September 2006
-“Trouble In Her Whisper”, “Summer Evening”, “Elegance”, “Last Night” Bare Back Magazine 2006
-“Meta-Middle Love Poem” The Written Voice, March 2006
-“Mythic She” Bare Back Magazine, December 2005
-“Refrain” Humdinger Zine, November 2005
-“Downtown At Night” The Los Angeles Journal, October 2005
-“Six Wishes” The Hudson Current, March 2005
-“City Streets” Take Magazine, April 2004
-“Window”, “New Jersey Transit”, “Melted Pot”, “For Those Who Have Moved On” The Waterbug Hotel Digest 2004
-“Gossip” Brew Ha Ha Anthology, 2003
Fiction:
-“Commands” The Written Voice, April 2006
-“Drugs And The Corner (Mid-Wilshire At Night)” Bruise Magazine, March 2006
Audio:
-“Newsflash”, “I’m Tired”, “A Dear John Letter To Hip-Hop” 20 Dissidents audio cd Winter, 2007
Photography:
-Photo of Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘N Waffles, Schmap, March 2011
-Photos of Vermont, Borderhopping.net, February, 2010
