ADVANCED PRAISE
"Enlightening and beautifully written...sparkles with clarify and precision, rendering complicated concepts accessible and stimulating...A triumph." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A stunning debut. Gleason renders the many vulnerabilities of the body with exquisite prose and probing intelligence." —Melissa Febos, author of The Dry Season
“Queer, lucid and brilliant, Jonathan Gleason’s prose is not just a guide for falling ill but for navigating—and changing—our ableist society...a stunning literary debut from an important new author.”—Steven W. Thrasher, author of The Viral Underclass
"[A] well wrought and consistently surprising collection from an unexpected narrator." —Kerry Howley
“Field Guide to Falling Ill powerfully expands our understanding of illness, laying bare the intimate and often wrenching human stories interwoven with the practice of medicine.” —John D’Agata
Upcoming Events
Kibbitznest Liberal Arts Discussion SeriesThu, Jan 22Chicago
Reading at Bookends & BeginningsTue, Jan 27Evanston
Reading at LiteratiThu, Jan 29Ann Arbor
The Month's Events
NEW WORK
The Sun Magazine
May 2023
Colorado Review
April 2023
Kenyon Review
May / June 2021
Fugue Journal
Issue 62
Michigan Quarterly Review
Winter 2022
Denver Quarterly
Volume 53 Number 2
CONTACT
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