Comments on: Major Jackson: Where He’s From http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:23:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pnArt » P-Town midweek http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-162865 pnArt » P-Town midweek Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:34:51 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-162865 [...] touching and rich and satisfying in its complexity.    His is a fascinating story and it was his interview on NPR’s Radio Open Source that prompted me to take this workshop.    Here is a link to Major Jackson’s [...] [...] touching and rich and satisfying in its complexity.    His is a fascinating story and it was his interview on NPR’s Radio Open Source that prompted me to take this workshop.    Here is a link to Major Jackson’s [...]

]]> By: a blind flaneur http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-94448 a blind flaneur Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-94448 [...] the final line of a poem by Major Jackson. I heard him read it on an excellent edition of Open Source with Christopher Lydon last January 23. “Some Kind of Crazy” [...] [...] the final line of a poem by Major Jackson. I heard him read it on an excellent edition of Open Source with Christopher Lydon last January 23. “Some Kind of Crazy” [...]

]]> By: Poetry News for September 4, 2007 | Poetry Hut Blog: Poetry News http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-85073 Poetry News for September 4, 2007 | Poetry Hut Blog: Poetry News Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:19:50 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-85073 [...] s: — Morphine — — The Author Will Take Q.’s Now — — Major Jackson: Where He’s From — — Clueless CBI gives up Nobel theft [...] [...] s: — Morphine — — The Author Will Take Q.’s Now — — Major Jackson: Where He’s From — — Clueless CBI gives up Nobel theft [...]

]]> By: peterography » P-Town midweek http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-82933 peterography » P-Town midweek Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:27:59 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-82933 [...] gnant, touching and complex.    His is a fascinating story and it was his interview on NPR’s Radio Open Source that prompted me to take this worksho [...] [...] gnant, touching and complex.    His is a fascinating story and it was his interview on NPR’s Radio Open Source that prompted me to take this worksho [...]

]]> By: Bill Jankowski http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41198 Bill Jankowski Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:47:37 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41198 Absolutely great. We need to listen to more poets. Thanks. Absolutely great. We need to listen to more poets.

Thanks.

]]> By: RicHard Ryan Anderson http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41129 RicHard Ryan Anderson Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:17:35 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41129 Hello, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed this show and that I too am from Saturn... I was born somewhere in the Ford Galaxie. Hello, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed this show and that I too am from Saturn… I was born somewhere in the Ford Galaxie.

]]> By: Love poetBlog http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41117 Love poetBlog Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:24:40 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41117 [...] ure...I was very impressed by this post. Hope to see more stuff from author.Link to original article This entry was pos [...] [...] ure…I was very impressed by this post. Hope to see more stuff from author.Link to original article This entry was pos [...]

]]> By: Love poets http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41116 Love poets Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:13:34 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41116 [...] Jackson somehow manages to a. Why it should be Love poets?...Cool, isn't it?Link to original article This entry was posted on [...] [...] Jackson somehow manages to a. Why it should be Love poets?…Cool, isn’t it?Link to original article This entry was posted on [...]

]]> By: plnelson http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41066 plnelson Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:08:57 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41066 One of the best shows you've ever done! He will be giving a reading at MIT on March 15. (according to the calendar on his website) I will try to be there. One of the best shows you’ve ever done!

He will be giving a reading at MIT on March 15. (according to the calendar on his website) I will try to be there.

]]> By: peoplestank http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41065 peoplestank Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:54:43 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41065 This program was a great discovery for me as well - what a wonderful voice! I particularly enjoyed the first poem with "tragically hip", the music of Sun Ra and the imagery of subway stops...it's all very connected to my own romantic/nostalgic image of "urban" that does not necessarily have to be "hip hop" or otherwise stereotypical... This program was a great discovery for me as well – what a wonderful voice! I particularly enjoyed the first poem with “tragically hip”, the music of Sun Ra and the imagery of subway stops…it’s all very connected to my own romantic/nostalgic image of “urban” that does not necessarily have to be “hip hop” or otherwise stereotypical…

]]> By: Potter http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41055 Potter Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:16:14 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41055 Thank you- this was all very new for me: Major Jackson with his calm and assured voice of love and appreciation. Gwendolyn Brooks and Sun Ra..... Thank you- this was all very new for me: Major Jackson with his calm and assured voice of love and appreciation. Gwendolyn Brooks and Sun Ra…..

]]> By: allison http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41046 allison Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:13:13 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41046 Oh, and how do you honor the people in your stories. Depicting them for their qualities and their flaws for the purpose of offering something useful. Not to entertain, to disparage, to aggrandize. Oh, and how do you honor the people in your stories. Depicting them for their qualities and their flaws for the purpose of offering something useful. Not to entertain, to disparage, to aggrandize.

]]> By: allison http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41045 allison Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:11:47 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41045 I'm very interested in the quesiton of how you channel your life without being uselessly autobiographical. I like to write a little. Really, I like to tell stories. But only in a context where they might carry some morsel to nurture that which is currently being explored. It has been suggested that I write an autobiography. To date, my response has been, "to what end?" How does one know when one's stories hold meaning? I don't believe you can self-proclaim that. Still, if you decide to tell your story, how do you go about it so that it is not about you? I’m very interested in the quesiton of how you channel your life without being uselessly autobiographical. I like to write a little. Really, I like to tell stories. But only in a context where they might carry some morsel to nurture that which is currently being explored. It has been suggested that I write an autobiography. To date, my response has been, “to what end?” How does one know when one’s stories hold meaning? I don’t believe you can self-proclaim that. Still, if you decide to tell your story, how do you go about it so that it is not about you?

]]> By: allison http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41044 allison Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:02:24 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41044 It's interesting that he comes from a family that gardened in the city. I worked for Boston Urban Gardeners for a while. This was the first community garden organization in a American City. The motto: Plant a Seed, Grow Hope. There were a multitude of stories coming out of the community gardening world about release from despair through working these small plots. The gardens became the physical poetry of a neighborhood. It’s interesting that he comes from a family that gardened in the city. I worked for Boston Urban Gardeners for a while. This was the first community garden organization in a American City. The motto: Plant a Seed, Grow Hope. There were a multitude of stories coming out of the community gardening world about release from despair through working these small plots. The gardens became the physical poetry of a neighborhood.

]]> By: MajorJackson http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-41033 MajorJackson Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-41033 Thanks Robert for the shout out and supportive note. Thanks Robert for the shout out and supportive note.

]]> By: sidewalker http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-40996 sidewalker Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:16:26 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-40996 Transitory flesh Etched by linage, worn alone Shed in love and death Transitory flesh

Etched by linage, worn alone

Shed in love and death

]]> By: RobertPeel http://www.radioopensource.org/major-jackson-where-hes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-40979 RobertPeel Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:12:08 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=885#comment-40979 Great poet from the city of brotherly(and sisterly)love. Great poet from the city of brotherly(and sisterly)love.

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