Jonathan Gleason is a writer, instructor, medical interpreter, and recent graduate of the University of Iowa's MFA program in creative writing. His manuscript "FIELD GUIDE TO FALLING ILL" is the winner of the inaugural Yale Nonfiction Book Prize and will be published January 27th, 2026.

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He was a recipient of a 2023 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation, and a 2024 finalist for the 2024 Granum Prize. His work is anthologized in Best American Essays (2024) and has appeared in The Sun Magazine, Literary Hub, New England Review, The Kenyon Review, Colorado Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Fugue, Denver Quarterly, Redivider Journal and others. He won the 2024 Indiana Review fiction competition.

 

You can read some of his work below!