Jasper Nighthawk, writer.
I write essays, stories, and poetry. I’m currently in the middle of drafting a book-length essay, and I’m in the later stages of publishing a chapbook of totalitarian poems.
Other roles I play in the world:
– University Storyteller at Antioch University
– Designer for Noyo Review
– Micro- and macro-blogging at jasper.land
– Writing my monthly Lightplay newsletter
The best way to follow my work is by subscribing to my newsletter. Join me for informal essays on cooking, making books, and life as a writer. Published with the full moon.
I published my first newspaper piece (an account of a clairvoyant dream) in 2003, and I established this website in 2014. I have published many pieces in the intervening years, both here and around the web. Here are some selections:
Short Stories
The Blood-Sex Iconostasis (Joyland)
Sodium Light (7×7.la, a collaboration with the artist Corinne Chaix)
A White Male Writer (Your impossible Voice)
The Body Is An Object (Juked)
Essays
Night/Light
Music and Power
The Old Weird Internet (Never Died)
We Need A National Gun Violence Memorial
American Trip
The View From 10,000 Feet (Lunch Ticket)
Poetry
REPORT FROM A COASTAL CITY (Slouching Beast Journal)
Cat Gone Two Weeks
Profiles
José Ramos-Horta (Antioch Alumni Magazine)
Wendy Ortiz (Antioch Alumni Magazine)
Travelogues
Two Tibetan Print Houses
The Amateur Mountaineers
Muli Monastery to Wachang
Food Writing
Sourdough Bread
Salsa Ranchera
Sauerkraut
Tacos Dorados
The Moka Pot
Lectures
On Creative Reading
Writing the Perfect College Essay
I still believe the personal webpage is the most humane invention of the internet age. Thank you for visiting mine.