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Kara Jackson is the 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate and the 2018 Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Frontier Poetry, Rookie Mag, Nimrod Literary Journal, and Saint Heron. She has two poems featured in the anthology The End of Chiraq.

“What a wonder, to witness a poet of such talent make their debut into the world.” —Fatimah Asghar“Kara Jackson is a crucial new voice in poetry... Thrilled for this work, and all that lies beyond.” —Eve L. Ewing“Jackson's voice is singular; it is intimate in its warmth and expansive in its imagination. We will be reading Kara Jackson for many years.”—José Olivarez“Kara Jackson blooms multitudes...Baby girl did not come to play. She came to reign.” —Patricia Smith“A poet we will be talking about so long as she picks up the pen, this small offering of wonder from our Youth Poet Laureate announced a still budding and major poetic force.”—Danez Smith