Khary Jackson (any pronouns) is a writer, dancer and musician. Khary has written several plays, one of which (Water) was produced in 2009 at Ink and Pulp Theatre in Chicago. In 2020/21 Khary co-composed a MNiatures commission with MN Opera. As a hip hop/street dancer Khary was fortunate to create and perform a piece at the 2018 and 2021 Choreographers’ Evening at Walker Art Center. Khary has been a recipient of several generous grants, including the 2019 Jerome Artist Fellowship, the 2022 and 2016 McKnight Artist Fellowships in Writing, the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 2012 Cultural Community Partnership Grant and 2010 Artist Initiative Grant for Poetry, the Many Voices Fellowship from The Playwrights’ Center in 2005 and 2007, as well as the 2009 VERVE Spoken Word Grant from Intermedia Arts. Khary is an alumnus of Cave Canem, the esteemed writing fellowship for Black writers. Khary's poetry book, Any Psalm You Want, was published with Write Bloody Publishing in the spring of 2013.