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.

  • Camping – A Poem For Palestine

    History is not written by the winners, it is written by thieves, murderers, and liars. History is not written by the winners, it is written by overpaid screenwriters and hack celebrities. History is not written, it is lived. Children of Socrates have stood up! They hear the mothers crying, the babies dying, and the fathers Read.