Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2016	Winner	“Fiction — Mitchell S. Jackson”

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Mitchell S. Jackson is recognized for his debut novel The Residue Years, a portrait of a Black family in Portland navigating poverty, addiction, and aspiration. This record is a writer-level placeholder for his Whiting Award.

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Fiction — Mitchell S. Jackson (Whiting Award 2016)

Award History

About This Book

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