The Poet and the Poem
2017-18 Series
Featured Reuben Jackson
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Reuben Jackson was curator of the Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. for more than 20 years. His music reviews have been published in The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, All About Jazz, Jazz Times, Jazziz, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Reuben is also a poet, a mentor with The Young Writers Project and educator. His previous book of poems is Fingering The Keys.