A leader in the new African American Lit movement, Jackson skillfully intertwines past, present, music, quiet, death and life in intimate, passionate verse.
Khary Jackson is a writer, dancer and musician. Khary has written several plays, one of which ( Water ) was produced in 2009 at Ink and Pulp Theatre in Chicago. In 2020-2021, Khary co-composed a MNiatures commission with the Minnesota Opera. As a hip hop/street dancer, Khary was fortunate to create and perform a piece at the 2018 Choreographers' Evening at Walker Arts Center. Khary has been a recipient of several generous grants, including the 2019 Jerome Artist Fellowship, the 2016 McKnight Artist Fellowship in Writing, the Minnesota State Arts Board's 2012 Cultural Community Partnership Grant, and 2010 Artist Initiative Grant for Poetry. Khary is an alumnus of Cave Canem, the esteemed writing fellowship for Black writers. Khary's poetry book, Any Psalm You Want , was published with Write Bloody Publishing in the spring of 2013.
