{"product_id":"the-residue-years-paperback","title":"The Residue Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell S. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner Whiting Writers' Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding debut autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a breakout voice that's nothing less than extraordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Residue Years\u003c\/i\u003e switches between the perspectives of a young man, Champ, and his mother, Grace. Grace is just out of a drug treatment program, trying to stay clean and get her kids back. Champ is trying to do right by his mom and younger brothers, and dreams of reclaiming the only home he and his family have ever shared. But selling crack is the only sure way he knows to achieve his dream. In this world of few options and little opportunity, where love is your strength and your weakness, this family fights for family and against what tears one apart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell S. Jackson \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He holds a masters in writing from Portland State University and an MFA from New York University. Jackson has received a Whiting Writers' Award and The Ernest Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. \u003ci\u003eThe Residue Years\u003c\/i\u003e was also a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award, The Flaherty-Dunan First Novel Prize, and the Hurston Wright Legacy Award. Jackson has been awarded fellowships from TED, the Lannan Foundation, and the Center For Fiction. He teaches writing at NYU and Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 8.27 x 7.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311830790246,"sku":"9781620400296","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aVBWMGhrVTM4bG5aMXFLWWVkOFBYdz09.webp?v=1767887443","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-residue-years-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}