K. W. Jackson is a writer, dancer and musician. He has written several plays, one of which
(Water) was produced in 2009 at Ink and Pulp Theatre in Chicago. As a hip hop/street dancer he was
fortunate to create and perform a piece at the 2018 Choreographers’ Evening at Walker Arts Center. He
has been a recipient of several generous grants, including the 2019 Jerome Artist Fellowship, the 2016
McKnight Artist Fellowship in Writing, the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 2012 Cultural Community
Partnership Grant and 2010 Artist Initiative Grant for Poetry, the Many Voices Fellowship from The
Playwrights’ Center in 2005 and 2007, as well as the 2009 VERVE Spoken Word Grant from
Intermedia Arts. He is an alumnus of Cave Canem, the esteemed writing fellowship for black writers.
His first poetry book, Any Psalm You Want, was published with Write Bloody Publishing in the spring
of 2013.