![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They were a mix of things I experienced, incidents I saw around town, stories that friends and relatives told me, school gossip and local mythology, and a few items that are most likely invented. Sure, I kept journals growing up, though they weren't the "Dear Diary" kind. Throughout I've tried to honor the source material and my early attempts to wrest these experiences into language." Did you keep journals as a child? What are your earliest memories of writing? Sometimes it's been difficult to tell my memories from my fantasies, but that was true even then. When I rediscovered these documents, they helped me confront the fragments of my childhood and understand that the are also part of the whole. Mira Corpora opens with an author's note that reads: "This novel is based on the journals I kept growing up. I hope the book finds the serious readers who are out there waiting for this kind of fiction to hit them in the face." On Fri., March 28, he'll join Mark Cugini, Megan McShea, and Joseph Riippi for a reading at the 421 House. Don Delillo praised the book, saying " Mira Corpora is fine work in its manic pacing and its summoning of certain cultural emblems. The Charlotte, NC playwright and novelist has been quietly gaining recognition in literary circles as of late, appearing on Slate's list of most overlooked books of 2013 and Flavorwire's list of best debut novels of 2013. ![]() Jeff Jackson drops into Atlanta this weekend to read from his debut novel Mira Corpora. ![]()
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