The Personhood Project Episode 25: Major Jackson

In this episode of The Personhood Project, guest host Brooke Pillifant reflects on the poetry of Major Jackson and his attention to inner speech and quiet utterance. Brooke explores how Jackson uses poetry as a space to turn inward, listening closely to the music of language and the emotional rhythms of daily life. The episode views poetry as a sanctuary—one that allows Jackson to step away from the world's noise and focus on love, memory, witness, and meditation. Brooke also discusses how poetry has become a tool for reckoning and healing in the aftermath of personal loss, offering a path toward clarity, forgiveness, and illumination.