Jefferson’s short essay on the books of his bedside table appeared in the July 31st edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram. In the essay, he recommends Carl Phillips’s book, Pale Colors in a Tall Field.
Antique Densities reviewed in Barrelhouse
Antique Densities was reviewed by Julian Mithra in Barrelhouse: “Tenderness animates the tension between preservation, archiving, and death…Not all is doom and mildew and dogears and silverfish in Navicky’s library. Most of his glowing gems remind us that within figurative language, dreamspeak and associational logic are the keys to imagination and liberation.”
Story in Litro
Jefferson’s story, “The Bridge of Long Mouth” was published on Litro. He writes that the story “is about a search for good cookies, a Casino, and a vault of terrible diseases to wipe out humankind.”
The Bridge of Long Mouth
Poem in Deep Water
Jefferson’s poem, “My Father Could Take Apart a Dryer,” appeared in the June 19th issue of the Maine S Father’s Day. The poem originally appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal.
The Portland Press Herald
Ruth Moore poetry review in The Maine Review
Jefferson’s review of two recently-reissued Ruth Moore poetry books was published in the Spring 2022 issue of The Maine Review.
Maine Literary Award Winner for Poetry
Jefferson’s book, Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose, was named a co-winner of the 2022 Maine Literary Award for Poetry. He shares the award with W.J. Herbert’s Dear Specimen. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists, and thank you to the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
Rain Taxi Review
Jefferson reviewed Leslie Moore's book, What Rough Beasts (Littoral Books 2021) in the current online edition of Rain Taxi.
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.
