Arc Poetry 95 Summer 2021 contains Jefferson’s poem “Proof”. The poem won second place in the 2017 Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, and will be included in his forthcoming book, Antique Densities, forthcoming from Deerbrook Editions in September 2021.
Poems in Hole In The Head Review
Jefferson has four poems in the August 2021 issue of Hole In The Head Review
August 2021 issue of Hole In The Head Review
L/A Arts Video
Thanks to L/A Arts, as well as Claire and Josh from Local Writers Read, for inviting me to read some poems from my Maine Literary Award winning poetry manuscript. In the video, I recommend Judy Kaber’s beautiful poem, “When Snakes Had Legs” from Rust + Moth, Summer 2021.
Abbie Huston Evans
Jefferson reads Abbie Huston Evans’s poems “The Iceberg Seven-Eighths Under” for WERU’s Poetry Express.
Review of Ruth Moore's Spoonhandle
Jefferson’s review in the Maine Sunday Telegram of Ruth Moore’s 1946 novel, Spoonhandle, reissued by Islandport Press.
“I first heard of Ruth Moore through a bumper sticker. In retrospect, this unusual occurrence reflects not only of Moore’s literary icon status in Maine, but also the state’s vibrant literary culture, which manages to exist, and indeed thrive, in a magical space – the ‘Maine of the Mind,’ as writer and artist Stephen Petroff has called it – outside the Vacationland Matrix.”
Review of Wanda Coleman's Wicked Enchantments
The Florida Review published Jefferson’s review of Wanda Coleman’s Wicked Enchantments: Selected Poems.
"Pulling a Baldwin" Event Recording
If you missed SPACE Gallery’s event, “Pulling a Baldwin,” the recording is now available here. Jefferson reads an excerpt from Baldwin’s essay “My Dungeon Shook” along with a bunch of other talented performers.
Poetry Express
Jefferson read Harriet Plimpton’s poem “A Tool of One Long Dead” from Plimpton’s 1961 book Out of the North for WERU’s Poetry Express series.
Rise up Review
Jefferson’s poem “One Poem” was included in the Winter 2021 issue of Rise Up Review.
Maine Literary Award Interview
The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance published this interview with Jefferson for his 2020 Maine Literary Award for Poetry Short Works.
Maine Literary Awards 2020