Thanks Quiet City Books in Lewiston!
Rustica
Jefferson’s poem “Not Your Moose” appeared in Rustica Vol. II.
Poetry Friendship Interview in The Cafe Review
Jefferson interviewed poets Nathan McClain and Virginia Konchan about their years-long friendship in the poetry world, and the long-time support and encouragement they offer each other. Very much worth reading!
Prose poem in Unbroken
Jefferson’s prose poem, “House of Revision,” was published in Unbroken issue #41.
Richard Foerster Review in The Cafe Review
Jefferson reviewed Richard Foerster’s new book, “With Little Light and Sometimes None at All,” (Littoral Books 2023) in the Winter 2024 issue of The Cafe Review.
It’s tender, but quietly powerful, and even thrilling to read. By the end, I could almost hear the roar of a crowd when the poet urges the left hand to “Take up your pen. / It is the tiller.”
THE GLACIER
Jefferson’s flash fiction, “The Mayor of Mexico,” appeared in issue #2 of THE GLACIER. There are many excellent writers in this issue!
Review of Marbles on the Floor in the American Poetry Review
Jefferson’s review of Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems (eds. Sarah Giragosian and Virginia Konchan; University of Akron Press) was published in the January/February 2024 issue of the American Poetry Review:
This is a book that will not only help the aspiring first-time poet, but also the veteran poet who, after multiple books of poetry, yet again wonders to themself, “How the fuck am I going to do this?
Poetry porfolio with an introduction by Virginia Konchan in Tupelo Quarterly 31
Tupelo Quarterly 31 published a five-poem portfolio of Jefferson’s poems with an introduction by Virginia Konchan:
Navicky is alive to the contradictions between what is and what could be, or could have been; his narrative imagination, borrowing from Borges, sees the infinity and infinite potential within everyday people, situations, objects, and relationships. These poems, a bildungsroman in verse, ground us in the material world, while awakening us to the magnetic connections between words, and in so doing, he evinces his gifts as both storyteller and bard, of unimagined places, yes, but also our memories of youth and young, tender, selves: a nested story within a story revealed as ripe to be mined, to be seen otherwise, felt, and believed.
Finalist for The Hole in the Head's Charles Simic Prize
Jefferson was honored to be one of five finalists for The Hole in the Head Review's Charles Simic Prize for these three poems along with a slew of other incredible poets including second-place winner Betsy Sholl, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Jeri Theriault, Claire Milliken, Richard Foerster, S. Stephanie, and Mark DeCartaret. Many thanks to The Hole in the Head Review and editor Bill Schulz.
Interview with Mike Bove
Jefferson interviewed his friend and fellow poet Mike Bove about Mike’s new book EYE for the Fall issue of The Hole in the Head Review. In response to how Mike managed to write EYE over the course of the last snow storm of 2023, he said:
"And yes, the whole experience was a lot of effort but also very liberating. There’s so much play in this book, even if much of the subject matter is serious. I look back at those five days and I’m amazed I wrote so much. And I did other things too! I took walks with my family, took my boys skiing with my brother, even attended your book launch that weekend. I also shoveled the driveway more times than I can remember. But in every other moment I was writing. That’s what I was thinking with 'This Poem Isn't Going to Write Itself.' A common stereotype is that the muse visits and the work just pours out, as if the writer is simply a conduit for the universe’s magic. I always thought that made it sound so passive, when for me writing has always been active. Even when it comes easily, it’s still the product of years of active practice."
