To Boys With Green Hair

“I layer my words like I paint: with intent to create a deeper perspective.” To Boys With Green Hair is a reflection of its writer, during his early 20’s in San Francisco. The concept of this collection began as a way of connecting the author to his roots. But, in the writing process the scope of these works grew to be something more like his then-evergreen Afro. It is now a coming of age: Arthur discovers himself, love, and the taste of an ache.

Jackson is motivated to write in the inevitability that someone else in the world is feeling this, too. Holding these pages open, you, the reader, are also the Green Haired Boy.

Arthur Jackson V, a California-grown queer kid who grew up an aspiring poet and talented painter. Arthur graduated from Suisun Community College with an AA in Fine Art with a focus in painting. Arthur’s background also includes an extensive look at modern art. His employment at the San Francisco Museum of