Kara Jackson- Biography
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Kara Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and songwriter from Illinois. From 2019 to 2020, she was the third National Youth Poet Laureate.
What is the Net Worth of Kara Jackson? Salary, Earnings
Kara Jackson has not mentioned how much she earns or how much net worth she has; but, looking at her works, she has done a lot at such a young age, and she may have saved a lot of money via her job. We will update later if any additional information is uploaded.
Kara Jackson- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education
According to accessible sources, Kara Jackson was born in the year 2002, in the suburbs of Illinois, and her parents were country folk, according to facts offered. However, despite not knowing her parents’ occupations, it is known that at a very young age, namely, 5 years of her age, her parents enrolled her in piano lessons. Later on, she also considered various musical instruments such as saxophone and guitar (at the age of 11 years), and when she was in 6th grade, she began performing at local art galleries and venues. According to the sources, Kara’s educational background, i.e., the school she attended, has not been released as of yet; however, it is known that she completed high school. However, it is still uncertain whether she completed her graduation or not.
Kara Jackson- Relationship
According to media reports, Kara is not involved in any relationships; nevertheless, if we learn more about her relationships, we will update this page. It is well known that Kara does not have any social media accounts under her name, and she has also kept her personal and professional lives separate, thus we do not have any information regarding her social media handles as of now. However, if we become aware of it, we will notify you.
Kara Jackson- Professional Career
Kara Jackson has just gained popularity for her first book, Bloodstone Cowboy (Haymarket Books, 2019). She had been surrounded by music from her childhood, and she began singing at local venues and art galleries during her school days. She joined the Spoken Word Club around her mid-teens period, i.e., at the age of 15 years, by summing up poetry to her passions, and she also represented the school in the Louder Than a Bomb poetry festival for three years in a row. By this point, she’d written some of the first songs for her debut EP, ‘A Song for Every Chamber of the Heart.’ Following that, she composed the penultimate track, ‘Ray,’ when she was 17 years old.
Rise to Fame
Her stellar career was further bolstered when she earned the literary award at 2018 Louder Than a Bomb-finals, which was chosen by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee Patricia Smith. Later, she was a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Adroit Magazine Mentorship Program, and she was repeatedly selected in the Louder Than a Bomb “Bomb Squad” competition, and she won the Brown University Book Award. In addition to all of this, she was a repeated awardee of the Scholastic Arts and Writing Award.
Kara was also a semi-finalist in Nimrod International Journal’s Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry and was chosen as runner-up in the Frontier Poetry Award for New Poets by Pulitzer Prize winner Tyehimba Jess, where she competed against adults. Only her piece had been published in Poetry magazine at the time, making her one of the youngest prose writers in the esteemed journal’s 106-year existence, and this essay was republished in The Poetry Review, which readers may read here. Finally, in 2019, Kara wrote and judged a show called August Challenge #4 on Young Poets Network for young aspiring poets.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Hair color
| Height | in feet inches – 5’ 8” – in Centimeters – 172 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 60 kg – in Pounds – 132 lbs |
| Shoe Size | 7 (U.S.) |
| Hair Color | Light Brown |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Body Type | Slim |
Trivia
- Her nationality is American, yet her ethnicity is of black heritage.
- Kara was the 2018 Chicago Youth Poet Laureate and the third National Youth Poet Laureate in a single year, from 2019 to 2020.
- She has read many literary works by women such as Audre Lorde, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Joan Baez, and she has accepted her individuality with the help of these works.
- Kara is preparing to release her debut album in September 2022, in collaboration with Jonathan Dickins’ September Records.
- She enjoys animals, grits, black ladies, Dolly Parton, and occasionally using they/them pronouns.
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