Mitchell S. Jackson

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Mitchell S. Jackson
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Author photo, 2016
Born
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education Portland State University (MA)
New York University (MFA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • Academic
Awards

Mitchell S. Jackson is an American writer. [1] He is the author of the 2013 novel The Residue Years, as well as Oversoul (2012), an ebook collection of essays and short stories. [1] Jackson is a Whiting Award recipient [2] and a former winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. [3] In 2021, while an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Chicago, he won the Pulitzer Prize [4] and the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for his profile of Ahmaud Arbery for Runner's World . [5] As of 2021, Jackson is the John O. Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. [6]

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He has also been the recipient of fellowships from TED [7] and the Lannan Foundation. [8] Jackson is also a public speaker and documentarian. [1]

Biography

Jackson was born in Portland, Oregon. [1] He was raised by a single mother. [9] In his youth, he was arrested on drug charges and sent to prison, [10] where he took an interest in literature and began experimenting with autobiographical writing. [9]

Following his release in the summer of 1998, [10] Jackson received a Master of Arts in writing from Portland State University, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University. [1]

Jackson is a father of two. [11]

Career

In 2012, Jackson published Oversoul: Stories & Essays, an ebook compilation of short fiction and non-fiction. [1] His debut novel, The Residue Years, was released in the summer of 2013 and was praised by publications such as The New York Times , [12] The Paris Review , [13] and The Sydney Morning Herald . [14] Jackson is a Whiting Award recipient. [2] The Residue Years also won The Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence [3] and was short-listed for the Center For Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First novel prize, [15] the PEN/ Hemingway award for first fiction, [16] The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for best fiction by a writer of African descent; [17] it was short-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for writing, [18] and named an "Honor Book" by the BCALA. [19] He has been the recipient of fellowships from TED, [7] the Lannan Foundation, [8] The Center For Fiction, [20] and The Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. [21]

Jackson is the co-director, writer, and producer of The Residue Years: A Documentary (2013), a documentary film exploring the autobiographical elements of his novel of the same name. [22] It was an Official Selection of the Portland Film Festival. [23] It premiered on the Web at the Literary Hub website. [22]

Jackson's short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have been published in Vice, Esquire, Gigantic Magazine, Flaunt Magazine, The Frozen Moment: Contemporary Writers on the Choices That Change Our Lives, and New York Tyrant, among other publications. He was the first Black columnist for Esquire. [24]

Jackson is a former TED speaker. [7] He has also read and/or and lectured at institutions including Brown University, [25] Middlebury College, [26] and UMASS; [27] at events including The Brooklyn Book Festival, [28] and the Sydney Writers' Festival; [29] at various adult prisons and youth facilities; [1] and for organizations including The Pathfinders of Oregon, [30] The PEN/Faulkner Foundation, [31] and The Volunteers of America. He has served on the faculty of New York University, [32] Columbia University, [33] and the University of Chicago. [34] He is currently on the faculty at Arizona State University. [6]

Jackson published Survival Math: Notes on an All American Family in 2019. [35] It was selected for Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019, [36] NPR's Books We Love 2019, [37] and Buzzfeed's Best Books of 2019. [38]

Works

Books

Fiction

  • The Residue Years. Bloomsbury USA. 2013. ISBN   9781620400289

Collections

  • Oversoul: Stories & Essays. The Collections House. 2012.

Short fiction and poetry

Nonfiction

Film

Honors

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