jason allen-paisant
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the TS Eliot Prize. THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS out now. Jamaican striver 🇯🇲.
Pinned
Announced events for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
Catch me soon in Brooklyn, if you’re nearby! I am so looking forward to this event—my first bookshop reading in the US. And my books being published in North America for the 1st time!!🚀
Excited to welcome poet Jason Allen-Paisant to The Astoria Bookshop (Queens) for The Possibility of Tenderness, in convo w/ Sangamithra Iyer.
Sun Sept 7, 6–7 PM. RSVP:
RSVP here: astoriabookshop.com/events/34191...
#Books #NYC #Climate #Queens
Sun Sept 7, 6–7 PM. RSVP:
RSVP here: astoriabookshop.com/events/34191...
#Books #NYC #Climate #Queens
THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by Jason Allen-Paisant, w/ Sangamithra Iyer (presented by Grist Magazine) | Astoria Bookshop
Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.
astoriabookshop.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Catch me soon in Brooklyn, if you’re nearby! I am so looking forward to this event—my first bookshop reading in the US. And my books being published in North America for the 1st time!!🚀
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Listening to two masters of language here!
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social and Kimberly Campanello launching Kimberly’s book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE
Having seen her performing poetry over the years, I’m delighted to finally speak to her for the Rippling Pages this week!
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social and Kimberly Campanello launching Kimberly’s book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE
Having seen her performing poetry over the years, I’m delighted to finally speak to her for the Rippling Pages this week!
July 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Listening to two masters of language here!
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social and Kimberly Campanello launching Kimberly’s book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE
Having seen her performing poetry over the years, I’m delighted to finally speak to her for the Rippling Pages this week!
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social and Kimberly Campanello launching Kimberly’s book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE
Having seen her performing poetry over the years, I’m delighted to finally speak to her for the Rippling Pages this week!
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Just finished The Possibility of Tenderness by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and now cannot wait to interview him at @deershed.bsky.social next month. Enriching, enlightening, enraging, beauty on every page, absolutely magnificent. 🌺
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just finished The Possibility of Tenderness by @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and now cannot wait to interview him at @deershed.bsky.social next month. Enriching, enlightening, enraging, beauty on every page, absolutely magnificent. 🌺
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"A one-sided relationship is developing quite well
between you and me."
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs Wisława Szymborska's "The Silence of Plants" in the seventh film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-si...
between you and me."
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs Wisława Szymborska's "The Silence of Plants" in the seventh film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-si...
Jason Allen-Paisant reads "The Silence of Plants" by Wisława Szymborska
A one-sided relationship is developing quite well
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"A one-sided relationship is developing quite well
between you and me."
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs Wisława Szymborska's "The Silence of Plants" in the seventh film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-si...
between you and me."
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs Wisława Szymborska's "The Silence of Plants" in the seventh film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-si...
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"Listen there is nothing as exhilarating
as the feeling of life coming into you"
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs his poem "Right Now I'm Standing" in the third film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/right-...
as the feeling of life coming into you"
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs his poem "Right Now I'm Standing" in the third film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/right-...
Jason Allen-Paisant reads "Right Now I'm Standing"
Right now I’m standing beneath what used to be
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Listen there is nothing as exhilarating
as the feeling of life coming into you"
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs his poem "Right Now I'm Standing" in the third film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/right-...
as the feeling of life coming into you"
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social performs his poem "Right Now I'm Standing" in the third film in a new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/right-...
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#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with: @jallenpaisant.bsky.social, Erna Brodber, Lawrence Scott, Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Lovelace at 90 film screenings; and more! Full album: facebook.com/media/set?va...
#alwayscominghome
#alwayscominghome
May 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with: @jallenpaisant.bsky.social, Erna Brodber, Lawrence Scott, Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Lovelace at 90 film screenings; and more! Full album: facebook.com/media/set?va...
#alwayscominghome
#alwayscominghome
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In their writings about rural Jamaica — its people, landscapes, and overlooked histories — @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and #ErnaBrodber show how personal and communal stories are shaped by, but also help shape, bigger narratives.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#caribbeanwriters #caribbeanstories
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#caribbeanwriters #caribbeanstories
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In their writings about rural Jamaica — its people, landscapes, and overlooked histories — @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and #ErnaBrodber show how personal and communal stories are shaped by, but also help shape, bigger narratives.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#caribbeanwriters #caribbeanstories
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#caribbeanwriters #caribbeanstories
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Registration is open! Designed for budding, emerging, and established writers, workshops focused on craft have been staples of our annual literary festival, and this year there are four! www.bocaslitfest.com/programme/wo...
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Registration is open! Designed for budding, emerging, and established writers, workshops focused on craft have been staples of our annual literary festival, and this year there are four! www.bocaslitfest.com/programme/wo...
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
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Fellow White folks, get this as an audio book, to have @jallenpaisant.bsky.social's voice in your ear when you look at the world. Listen and learn to see. With the general threat to knowledge from the evil clowns that rule this world, learning lies in the communities we can create.
April 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Fellow White folks, get this as an audio book, to have @jallenpaisant.bsky.social's voice in your ear when you look at the world. Listen and learn to see. With the general threat to knowledge from the evil clowns that rule this world, learning lies in the communities we can create.
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What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing (in any genre) to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-...
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing (in any genre) to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-...
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
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The fab @jallenpaisant.bsky.social has got a new book out! Got to get my hands on it! Check out his chat in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’
The Jamaican-born author on exploring nature and black identity in his nonfiction debut, his chaotic writing habits, and how the TS Eliot prize changed his life
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The fab @jallenpaisant.bsky.social has got a new book out! Got to get my hands on it! Check out his chat in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Really love this weeks Start The Week with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social @samanthaellis.bsky.social and Abdulrazak Gurnah, on food, soil, migration, and memory
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Start the Week - Abdulrazak Gurnah on family and resistance - BBC Sounds
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Samantha Ellis and Jason Allen-Paisant with Shahidha Bari.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Really love this weeks Start The Week with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social @samanthaellis.bsky.social and Abdulrazak Gurnah, on food, soil, migration, and memory
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Truly proud (and still a little stunned!) to be the subject of today’s OBSERVER Books Interview. Huge thanks for the space and the care. lnkd.in/eWqGvHHw
Tomorrow, I’ll be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to speak about the book. Tune in!
Tomorrow, I’ll be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to speak about the book. Tune in!
March 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Truly proud (and still a little stunned!) to be the subject of today’s OBSERVER Books Interview. Huge thanks for the space and the care. lnkd.in/eWqGvHHw
Tomorrow, I’ll be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to speak about the book. Tune in!
Tomorrow, I’ll be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to speak about the book. Tune in!
Elfreda, so happy that you’re reading this. I hope you enjoy it.
March 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Elfreda, so happy that you’re reading this. I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you!
The fab @jallenpaisant.bsky.social has got a new book out! Got to get my hands on it! Check out his chat in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’
The Jamaican-born author on exploring nature and black identity in his nonfiction debut, his chaotic writing habits, and how the TS Eliot prize changed his life
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Thank you!
THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is officially published today. A gift to myself, and hopefully, to you. May it fly, may it soar.
So much love for my people who showed up and showed out—and to the new connections and fellowships this book is bringing into my life. 1/2
So much love for my people who showed up and showed out—and to the new connections and fellowships this book is bringing into my life. 1/2
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is officially published today. A gift to myself, and hopefully, to you. May it fly, may it soar.
So much love for my people who showed up and showed out—and to the new connections and fellowships this book is bringing into my life. 1/2
So much love for my people who showed up and showed out—and to the new connections and fellowships this book is bringing into my life. 1/2
Heading into the nation’s capital. Look at me casually going to launch my book in London tonight though!…This latest one is partly about my wild journey… People, I’m all fired up and I’m ready.💥💥💥
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
March 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Heading into the nation’s capital. Look at me casually going to launch my book in London tonight though!…This latest one is partly about my wild journey… People, I’m all fired up and I’m ready.💥💥💥
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
LONDON fam (and nearby), don’t sleep on this one!: The London launch of THE POSSIBILITY of TENDERNESS is Thursday 29th March. Get your tickets here: brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...
March 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
LONDON fam (and nearby), don’t sleep on this one!: The London launch of THE POSSIBILITY of TENDERNESS is Thursday 29th March. Get your tickets here: brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...
This weekend only: Get THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS for 25% off at Waterstones!
February 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This weekend only: Get THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS for 25% off at Waterstones!
Some of the incredible endorsements my publishers have received for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS. 🌟🌟🌟
From Coffee Grove, Jamaica to bookshelves near you, THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is out soon 🛒 www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
From Coffee Grove, Jamaica to bookshelves near you, THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is out soon 🛒 www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
February 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some of the incredible endorsements my publishers have received for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS. 🌟🌟🌟
From Coffee Grove, Jamaica to bookshelves near you, THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is out soon 🛒 www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
From Coffee Grove, Jamaica to bookshelves near you, THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS is out soon 🛒 www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
Announced events for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
February 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Announced events for THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
📍 Manchester 5th March—in conversation with Monique Roffey.
🎟 (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-alle...)
📍 London – Brixton House 19th March—in conv. with Jacqueline Crooks.
🎟 (brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-eve...)
Hope to see you there!
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‘We are thrilled to unveil the cover of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by @jallenpaisant, a captivating journey where the world of plants and the echoes of history come together to create a story of land, dreams and belonging.’
Pre-order: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
‘We are thrilled to unveil the cover of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by @jallenpaisant, a captivating journey where the world of plants and the echoes of history come together to create a story of land, dreams and belonging.’
Pre-order: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
January 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Repost @HutchHeinemann
‘We are thrilled to unveil the cover of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by @jallenpaisant, a captivating journey where the world of plants and the echoes of history come together to create a story of land, dreams and belonging.’
Pre-order: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
‘We are thrilled to unveil the cover of THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS by @jallenpaisant, a captivating journey where the world of plants and the echoes of history come together to create a story of land, dreams and belonging.’
Pre-order: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455724...
It’s going to print soon, I’m told. The audiobook recording is done!
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
December 6, 2024 at 4:13 PM
It’s going to print soon, I’m told. The audiobook recording is done!
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
#ThePossibilityofTenderness
Good to have had the opportunity at the LRB Bookshop to discuss Aimé Césaire’s RETURN TO MY NATIVE LAND, which I edited and introduced in the Penguin Modern Classics series. I was in conversation with Colin Grant.
November 28, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Good to have had the opportunity at the LRB Bookshop to discuss Aimé Césaire’s RETURN TO MY NATIVE LAND, which I edited and introduced in the Penguin Modern Classics series. I was in conversation with Colin Grant.
Greetings!
I’m Jason Allen-Paisant. My writing explores the intersections of history, heritage, & aesthetics in the African diaspora, & how our bodies, memories, and environments interweave to form pathways for liberation, escape, & renewal.
Out in March—my new book THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
I’m Jason Allen-Paisant. My writing explores the intersections of history, heritage, & aesthetics in the African diaspora, & how our bodies, memories, and environments interweave to form pathways for liberation, escape, & renewal.
Out in March—my new book THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Greetings!
I’m Jason Allen-Paisant. My writing explores the intersections of history, heritage, & aesthetics in the African diaspora, & how our bodies, memories, and environments interweave to form pathways for liberation, escape, & renewal.
Out in March—my new book THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.
I’m Jason Allen-Paisant. My writing explores the intersections of history, heritage, & aesthetics in the African diaspora, & how our bodies, memories, and environments interweave to form pathways for liberation, escape, & renewal.
Out in March—my new book THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS.