![]() ![]() His first novel Mira Corpora, published in 2013, was a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and featured on numerous Best of the Year lists, including Slate, Salon, The New Statesman, and Flavorwire. His novella Novi Sad was published as a limited edition art book and selected for "Best of 2016" lists in Vice, Lit Reactor, and Entropy. It received advanced praise from Don DeLillo, Janet Fitch, Dana Spiotta, Ben Marcus, and Dennis Cooper. ![]() His second novel Destroy All Monsters was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in Fall 2018. Jeff Jackson is a novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter. A hypnotic, brutal, and lyric exploration of youth, trauma and the construction of memory, this novel is like nothing I've ever read before and is, unquestionably, one of my favorite books published this year. To read Jeff Jackson's Mira Corpora is to enter into a trance state. ![]() With astounding precision, Jackson weaves a moving tale of discovery and self-preservation across a startling, vibrant landscape. A coming-of-age story for people who hate coming-of-age stories, featuring a colony of outcast children, teenage oracles, amusement parks haunted by gibbons, mysterious cassette tapes, and a reclusive underground rockstar. ![]() Literary and inventive, but also fast-paced and gripping, Mira Corpora charts the journey of a young runaway. Mira Corpora is the debut novel from acclaimed playwright Jeff Jackson, an inspired, dreamlike adventure by a distinctive new talent. Slate, Salon, Flavorwire, Largehearted Boy, Vol. ![]()
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