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In 2012, Jackson published Oversoul: Stories & Essays, an ebook compilation of short fiction and non-fiction. Jackson currently lives in New York City. įollowing his release in the summer of 1998, 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. In his youth, he was arrested on drug charges and sent to prison, where he took an interest in literature and began experimenting with autobiographical writing. Jackson is also a public speaker and documentarian. He has also been the recipient of fellowships from TED and the Lannan Foundation. Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. In 2021, while an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Chicago, he won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for his profile of Ahmaud Arbery for Runner's World. Jackson is a Whiting Award recipient and a former winner of the Ernest J. He is the author of the 2013 novel The Residue Years, as well as Oversoul (2012), an ebook collection of essays and short stories.
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