Angela Jackson (born July 25, 1951) is an American poet, playwright, and novelist based in Chicago, Illinois.
[9][10] As a child, Jackson regularly read books from Chicago's Hiram Kelly Branch library.
[5] Jackson published her first book of poetry, Voodoo Love Magic, in 1974 as an undergraduate student.
[13] Jackson continued as a member of the OBAC after graduating from Northwestern and served as the organization's coordinator from 1976 to 1990.
[13] Jackson believes that poetry can be used to call on people and systems of oppression to create change for a more equitable society.
[3][13] Jackson, aside from her writing career, has held teaching positions at Kennedy-King College in Illinois, Columbia College Chicago in Illinois, Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and Howard University in Washington D.C., acting as a mentor for young writers.
Smith, who claims that her work is “technically deft, densely metaphorical, and constantly inventive.”[3] Another reviewer, Donna Seaman, in TriQuarterly, asserts that Jackson writes with “a tender radiance” when discussing racial inequalities.
[3] While Jackson has received the most praise for her poetry, she has also published other forms of writing, such as plays, novels, and a memoir.