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Jonathan Gleason is a writer, teacher, and medical interpreter. His manuscript "Field Guide to Falling Ill" is the winner of the inaugural Yale Nonfiction Book Prize and will be published in Fall/Winter 2025. He holds MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa.

He is a recipient of a 2023 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation and a finalist for the 2024 Granum Prize. His work is anthologized in Best American Essays (2024) and has appeared in The Sun Magazine, Literary HubKenyon ReviewNew England ReviewColorado Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, and many others.

 

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Yale Nonfiction Book Prize

Meghan O’Rourke, acclaimed nonfiction writer, poet, and editor of The Yale Review, has named Jonathan Gleason as the first winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize for his essay collection Field Guide to Falling Ill.

NEW WORK

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The Sun Magazine

May 2023

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New England Review

volume 42.4

Literary Hub

Reprint: January 2022

Colorado Review

April 2023

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Colorado Review

Spring 2023

Volume 50.1

Best American Essays

October 2024

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Kenyon Review

May / June 2021

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Fugue Journal

Issue 62

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Michigan Quarterly Review

Winter 2022

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Denver Quarterly

Volume 53 Number 2

CONTACT

jonathan-gleason [at] uiowa.edu

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