April Featured Poet: Didi Jackson

Join us for the poetry of Didi Jackson--Nashville poet, Vanderbilt creative writing professor, former art history teacher, and certified Tennessee Naturalist.

Didi Jackson is the author of two poetry collections, My Infinity (2024) and Moon Jar (2020). My Infinity (published by Red Hen Press) was named the winner of the 2025 Tennessee Book Award for Poetry by Humanities Tennessee. Jackson's poems have been chosen for Best American Poetry, The Slowdown with Tracy K. Smith, and The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-day, and they have been published in Alaska Quarterly, American Poetry Review, Bomb, The Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, Oxford American, Ploughshares, The Sewanee Review, and The Virginia Quarterly. A former Floridian, she currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, poet Major Jackson, and her rascally rescue dog, Finn.

Jackson's reading will be followed by an open mic. Poetry, spoken word, dramatic monologue, short prose, and songs are all welcome. Plenty is located at 41 W. Broad St. in Cookeville. Arrive by 6:45 to sign up to perform.

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