Mitchell S. Jackson’s debut novel The Residue Years received wide critical praise. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers, The New York Times Book Review, The Paris Review, The Guardian, Tin House, and many other publications. His nonfiction book Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family was recently published by Scribner. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of writing in Liberal Studies at New York University. Jackson has received many awards and honors including the Whiting Award and a fellowship from the Cullman Center of the New York Public Library.