In 2001, Gomer Press published a selection of his essays and articles as Footsore on the Frontier and, in 2008, Real Swansea – the first of his three contributions to Seren's series of psychogeographic guide books – was released to much acclaim.

[3] A staunch supporter of Welsh self-determination, he encouraged others to join him in creating "a socialist republic of Cymru" of the heart and mind while the country waited to officially regain its long-lost independence.

In 1987, he co-edited the CND Cymru anthology Glas-Nos: Cerddi Dros Heddwch/Poems for Peace with long-time collaborator Menna Elfyn and, the following year, was sentenced to seven days in Swansea Prison for refusing to pay a £40 fine imposed after a protest at the American airbase in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire.

Speaking to reporters after his arrest, Jenkins said he considered it "my duty as a Welshman and an internationalist to do all in my power to end the continuing presence on Welsh soil of American and British nuclear bases.

Jenkins was then buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's, the same resting place as fellow poets Vernon Watkins and Harri Webb.

[8] In July 2014, The H'mm Foundation published Encounters with Nigel, an anthology of critical essays, creative pieces and tributes to Jenkins from fellow writers, former students and family members.

[9] It was launched at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre on 19 July 2014 as part of Cofio Nigel, an event celebrating Jenkins' life.

Damned for Dreaming gathered together Jenkins' uncollected essays – written in the period following 2001's Footsore on the Frontier – and placed them alongside other writings such as interviews, obituaries and tributes.