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Weapons Out of Words

In September, Young Chicago Authors (YCA) named Kara Jackson Chicagoā€™s newest Youth Poet Laureate. An Oak Park resident, Jackson is the third Youth Poet Laureate after Eā€™mon Lauren and Pat Frazier. In December 2018 and March 2019, the Weekly sat down with Jackson to discuss the process of crafting poems for her chapbook, coming out […]