Read & Loved

Jefferson wrote about Rachel Contreni Flynn’s poem “Sleep” for the MWPA’s web feature Read & Loved.

“As I continue to read this poem, I get the sense that there’s not much sleep can’t do,

or won’t take on and transform.”

Maine Humanities Council Speaker

Jefferson was recently added to an impressive list of Maine Humanities Council Speakers. His talks on Maine Women Writers include Ruth Moore, Elizabeth Coatsworth & Kate Barnes, as well as everyday diaries of Maine women.

Fishouse

Thanks to From the Fishouse for including some of Jefferson’s poems and an audio Q&A.

Ross Gay's Be Holding reviewed in The Cafe Review

Jefferson reviewed Ross Gay’s book-length poem, Be Holding, in the spring 2022 issue of The Cafe Review.

Interview on Bath Community TV

Irene Drago speaks with Jefferson about Antique Densities for Bath Community TV. Watch the interview here.

Rockland Public Library video

Review of Antique Densities in The Kennebec Journal

Thanks to Dana Wilde for this generous review of Antique Densities in the Kennebec Journal.

"Antique Densities has the same sort of real, sort of unreal tenor [as Trout Fishing in America] and any fans left of Brautigan, Kafka, Borges or other uncategorizable writers should really dig this book. It will throw your head for a loop." Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose is available through Deerbrook Editions or SPD.

Libraries & The Poets Who Loves Them (Video)

Libraries & The Poets Who Love Them
A Poetry Reading Sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection

Watch the video here

Four Poet/Librarians in celebration of the union between poetry and libraries.

Julia Bouwsma -- Library Director for Webster Library

Margaret Yocom -- Founder of the Northern Virginia Folklife Archive

Emma Gibbon -- Adult Services Librarian, Topsham Public Library

Jefferson Navicky – Archivist, Maine Women Writers Collection

Wednesday, December 1st, 6-7pm on Zoom

Antique Densities Book Launch Video

You can watch the video of Jefferson’s virtual launch with poet Cate Marvin through Print: A Bookstore for Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose.

Portland Press Herald

Jefferson’s prose poem, “Teeth” appeared in the Sunday, November 14th edition of The Portland Press Herald. The piece appears in Jefferson’s most recent book, Antique Densities.