{"id":39,"date":"2026-06-13T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2026-06-15T00:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:41:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-website-resize-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-website-resize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-website-resize-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-website-resize.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/?p=121\">Words to My Son is now available!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-06-14T22:01:20+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 14, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I am excited to share the release of Words to My Son, my debut poetry collection. Through reflections on love, loss, identity, doubt, resilience, and hope, these poems explore the experiences that shape us and the wisdom we carry forward. I am grateful to finally place this work into readers&#8217; hands. About the Collection Words\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/?p=121\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Words to My Son is now available!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WTMS-Cover-Page-6.9.2026-Official-Final-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>Words to My Son<\/em>, memory, movement, longing, and inheritance collide across oceans, highways, cities, and dreamlike landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These poems explore masculinity, identity, loneliness, race, family, and becoming through lyrical reflections rooted in both physical and emotional geography. Moving between intimate personal memory and mythic meditation, the collection traces a restless search for belonging, survival, and selfhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atmospheric, emotionally resonant, and contemplative, <em>Words to My Son<\/em> is a poetry collection about what we carry, what shapes us, and what it means to continue becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Words-My-Son-Collection-Poetry\/dp\/B0H4TQD8KM\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12CR2C8OWVPA6&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rAECRnso3KqoDbb1UHL7uk7lyGu6XuflcFbjjc87Zta-wNi_mUJzsf0B45QOdmGL-Db63IYyX23E9-1hq5jSAslum53r6KBRVotvnOj-UN9z5144GzmNYypKrEYLiP6W9yo4YjBMnsipoIibxI9SuHR9ztYsQO1h7uOx8yX9GyWYzb4LwkNAWLTE0Axs0TfUx3AoFlLpSOP5WP54OkYwJInILXEdrjB5t0cYPegPQrQ.4bzgzbDCfOd4DvENjzDyw8l4WoT1CIselF87kzFbW6M&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=words+to+my+son&amp;qid=1781464820&amp;sprefix=words+to+my+son%2Caps%2C172&amp;sr=8-1\">Purchase Book<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/SFR8QBNL77S3W\">Purchase Signed Copy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0735-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0735-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0735-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shajuanjackson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0735-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shajuan Jackson is a writer and poet with a background in Television, Fim and Fashion Film production. A lifelong writer, his creative work has carried him across multiple disciplines while deepening his interest in emotion, identiy spirituality and human connection. 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