Geoffrey Jacques is a poet, essayist, critic and editor. Recent publications include the essay “Promises, Trust, Betrayal: The Art of Elia Kazan,” in Journal of Modern Hellenism (2016); his poems are anthologized in What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America (University of Alabama Press 2015). His most recent books include the poetry collection Just for a Thrill (Wayne State University Press, 2005), and the critical study A Change in the Weather: Modernist Imagination, African American Imaginary (University of Massachusetts Press, 2009). He is a book review moderator at the website Portside and currently teaches courses in literature and humanities in Southern California.
Geri Allen: A Tribute
Against the Current, No. 191, November/December 2017