Mitchell S. Jackson Books in Order

Mitchell S. Jackson is a celebrated author and educator, known for his thought-provoking and critically acclaimed works. His debut novel, The Residue Years, garnered widespread recognition, earning Jackson a Whiting Award. The novel also received the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence, and was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the PEN / Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, and the Hurston / Wright Legacy Award. As a recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Ford Foundation, PEN America, TED, NYFA, and The Center for Fiction, Jackson's writing has been supported by esteemed institutions. His essays have appeared in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, The Paris Review, and The Guardian. His forthcoming nonfiction book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, is set to be published by Scribner. Jackson currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of writing in the Liberal Studies at New York University.

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About Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson is a celebrated author and educator, known for his thought-provoking and critically acclaimed works. His debut novel, The Residue Years, garnered widespread recognition, earning Jackson a Whiting Award. The novel also received the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence, and was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the PEN / Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, and the Hurston / Wright Legacy Award. As a recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Ford Foundation, PEN America, TED, NYFA, and The Center for Fiction, Jackson's writing has been supported by esteemed institutions. His essays have appeared in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, The Paris Review, and The Guardian. His forthcoming nonfiction book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, is set to be published by Scribner. Jackson currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of writing in the Liberal Studies at New York University.

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