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- ISBN 9798899480508
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 191 x 127mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Northwestern University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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An astounding collection of photographs from a renowned poet
Created during the tumultuous years of 2020 and 2021, Love's Austere and Lonely Offices: Street Portraits and Poems intersects the lens of accomplished poet and photographer Marcus Jackson with his words. The focus: the Black experience and existence. Amid isolation, protest, and survival, Jackson is the aperture and scribe giving visual consciousness and breath to these human portraits. His camera strips the view of endless cycles of social and moral injustices, presenting a resonant collection of photographs that make space for the moments and the people whose beings represent the ongoing interplay between history, society, and the individual soul.
Marcus Jackson earned his bachelor of arts degree at the University of Toledo and continued his poetry studies in NYU's graduate creative writing program and as a Cave Canem Fellow. His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. Jackson has one chapbook and two full-length poetry collections, including Pardon My Heart (Northwestern University Press, 2018). He lives with his wife and child in Ohio and directs the MFA programs at Ohio State University.
