James J. Jackson

Poet and Journalist

  • About James / Donate to the Blog

    My name is James J. Jackson and I am a poet and pop culture journalist from Northern California. I’ve written over 600 articles covering politics, art, and pop culture as well as 2 books and hundreds of poems. I started this blog in 2014 under the title Poems and Other Sh*t, which later became The Read.

  • You Don’t Have to Be a Wine-o to Write Poetry, but it helps

    Poetry and wine are synonymous. That’s why the Greeks and the Romans had one god for both. I do not believe in gods, and I don’t believe in masters or kings, or astrology. But I do believe in poetry. So you better believe that I damn sure believe in wine. Read.