Kara Jackson (she/they) is an award-winning poet, singer-songwriter and producer from Oak Park, Illinois. She is the 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate, and Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago (2018). Kara released her debut album Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? in April 2023. Kara is also the author of the poetry book Bloodstone Cowboy.

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