Griffin Paul Jackson

Griffin Paul Jackson recently returned from a year of aid work in Beirut, Lebanon. He lives in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood where he writes and works. Follow him at griffinpauljackson.com.

EssayMarch 27, 2017

Necessary sounds

By Griffin Paul Jackson

During the war, ISIS set up camp in her father’s fields. The rebels fired rockets into town from their perches somewhere in the foothills….