Major Jackson, an award-winning poet and host of the podcast “The Slowdown,” will give a public reading at Emory University. Jackson’s books will be for sale at the reading, with a signing immediately following the event. The event celebrates Black History Month and is part of the annual Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series founded by Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.

Jackson, who also serves as the poetry editor of the Harvard Review, is the author of six books of poetry, including his most recent, “Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems” (2023), “Roll Deep” (2015), “Holding Company” (2010), and “Hoops” (2006).

Seating is limited and attendees are urged to register at https://tickets.arts.emory.edu/majorjackson. Free parking near the Schwartz Center is available on Sundays in the Fishburne Deck or Lowergate South Deck.