The Poetry Project

Jackie Ess

Jackie Ess is seen through a doorframe in the next room, sitting in a chair with her head leaned back to look out a window
© Elle Mundy

Jackie Ess is a writer and teacher in New York and sometimes on the road. She's the author of Darryl (Clash, 2021), and much else, some fraction of which has appeared in the Recluse, the Chicago Review, the collection We Want It All.