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Episode 208 — Mitchell S. Jackson

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Mitchell S. Jackson is the guest. His debut novel, The Residue Years, is now available from Bloomsbury.

Jesmyn Ward says

I know these characters well: Champ with his swagger and invincibility, doing all he can to protect his fiercely beating heart. Grace, held together with polish and a prayer, trying to make a way when there isn’t one. Both of them longing, for a better life, a clear path out of their predicaments. I know the language they speak: voices redolent of struggle and the South displaced to our country’s far northwestern corner: Portland, Oregon. A wrenchingly beautiful debut by a writer to be reckoned with, The Residue Years marks the beginning of a most promising career.

And Amy Hempel says

In this raw heartwreck of a novel, every bit of personal wisdom is hard-won. Here is Grace, mother of Champ: ‘Some people are latecomers to themselves, but who we are will soon enough surround us.’ It’s a searing claim and prophecy about lives severely tested. The author is entirely persuasive, such that Grace and her sons, given vivid voice, are one of the fictional families I have cared about most.

Monologue topics: my adderall experiment, writing, juicing, Dumbo’s feather, mild paranoia.

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