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.

  • Repeat

    Repeat. Repeat the show you’ve seen a million times. Repeat and pour yourself another. Repeat your good intentions. Repeat your abuses. Repeat your habits, the good, the bad, and the destructive. Repeat your favorite quotes and your favorite lines. It doesn’t annoy anyone. Repeat your gestures. Repeat your route to work. Repeat your politics, and Read.