Episode 208 — Mitchell S. Jackson

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2013

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.5	Oh, my God.
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1:41.9	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, I stated what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is me talking into a microphone. This is almost three-dimensional. Thanks for being here. I'm Brad Listy. I am in Los Angeles where it is currently dawn. It's very early here. And it's nice to be with you. I hope you're doing well. Mitchell S. Jackson is my guest.
2:18.7	His debut novel, The Residue Years, is just out from Bloomsbury. It's great to have him here
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