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.

  • Life Goes On

    6 feet and a pile of dirt. Flame and a pile of ashes. A rock and the bottom of the sea. And then, life goes on. __ Yes, life goes on. The wind still blows. The sun still shines. The rain still calms. And they still smile, with every story about you. __ Read.