Jefferson’s short prose piece, “Three Women Writing Around My Head,” is included in the inaugural issue of Waterwheel Review.
Clockwise: Kate Barnes, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Ruth Moore (photo collage credit: Claire Guyton & Waterwheel Review)
L/A Arts Genre Spotlight on Prose Poetry
Jefferson talked about prose poetry with Claire Guyton and Josh Gauthier of Local Writers Read for L/A Arts’s Virtual Art Walk. He read from The Book of Transparencies. Here’s a link to the reading on YouTube.
Review of Any God Will Do
Jefferson’s review of Virginia Konchan’s book of poems, Any God Will Do, is in the Summer 2020 issue of The Cafe Review.
“This may be my own bias showing through, but…I pictured a golden–haloed Bruce Springsteen tearing it up on stage. Happiness, like everything else, is a performance, and in Any God Will Do, Virginia Konchan is the kind of performer who is impossible to ignore.”
Gulf of Maine ECOARTS video
Jefferson made a video for The Bigelow Project of him reading two of his poems, “The Boom in Birds” & “The Library of the Forest.”
Maine Literary Award Winner
Jefferson’s manuscript, “‘Other Fathers’ and other poems," won the Maine Literary Award for Poetry Short Works. Congratulations to the other MLA winners!
Poems from Here on Maine Public Radio
Jefferson’s poem, “River Love Salmon Fight Song in Two Parts,” was included in Poems from Here on Maine Public Radio. The poem was written as a collaboration with fellow poet Megan Grumbling for The Saving Salmon Podcast by The Atlantic Salmon Federation.
Maine Literary Award Finalist
Jefferson was named a finalist for a Maine Literary Award in Short Works Poetry. The awards are sponsored by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, and will be broadcast live via zoom on May 28th at 6pm. Congratulations to all the other finalists!
National Poetry Month at Thomas Memorial Library
Jefferson’s poem, “Portrait of Anna K.”, appeared on Thomas Memorial Library’s Facebook page for National Poetry Month. The poem originally appeared in Pomme Journal.
National Poetry Month at the Lewiston Public Library
Thanks to the Lewiston Public Library for supporting poetry in a pandemic. Here’s a video of Jefferson reading “The Conversation on Masculinity Has Been Canceled” for the series.
National Poetry Month at the South Portland Public Library
The South Portland Public Library continued to share poetry during National Poetry Month by asking poets to read for their Facebook page. Jefferson read his poem “Guts” for the series.