Spoon is a writer, poet, visual artist, and teacher. He was sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole (LWOP) when he was twenty years old, and has written and published poems, essays, novels, memoirs, and plays for the more than forty years he has been behind bars. He is a creator of award-winning podcast Uncuffed.

Spoon is the co-author of the double memoir By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives (New Village Press, 2010), with Judith Tannenbaum, and co-editor of an homage to Tannenbaum, The Book of Judith: Opening Hearts Through Poetry (New Village Press, 2022) with Mark Foss and Sara Press. His poetry is collected in Longer Ago (2010).

Spoon has collaborated with other artists on several projects, including the Prison Music Project with Zoe Bokebinder and Ani DiFranco; Spoon, a film by Michka Saäl; Barstow, a film by Rainer Komers; and Three Poems by Spoon Jackson, a documentary by Michel Wenser. He recently released his first album, No Moon, and was interviewed in a recent feature from Olivia Durif, LA Review of Books.

Rabbits of Realness is a publishing project launched by Spoon and SaraMarie Bottaro.

Spoon can be reached via the GettingOut platform or via snail mail:

Spoon Jackson #B92377
D24-150-L
PO Box 4000
Vacaville, CA 95696-4000