Jonathan Escoffery

Jonathan Escoffery

@escoffery.bsky.social

Author of IF I SURVIVE YOU, a NY Times Editor’s Choice, IndieNext Pick, & International Bestseller. Nom’d for the National Book Award, PEN/Jean Stein, PEN/ Robert W. Bingham, & Story Prize. Booker Prize, PEN/ Faulkner & NBCC John Leonard finalist.

919 Followers 179 Following 9 Posts Joined Jul 2023
1 year ago

Thanks, Steve!

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1 year ago

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'If I Survive You' Explores Race and Identity in the Jamaican Diaspora | Book of the Day Jonathan Escoffery's debut collection of short stories follows the American-born son of Jamaican immigrants finding his place in the world and within his own family.

www.wknofm.org/book-of-the-...

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2 years ago
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New Stories Put a Complicated Spin on Familiar Traumas Collections by Vauhini Vara, Shannon Sanders and LaToya Watkins feature characters caught in the challenges and contradictions of being alive.

Unbelievably thrilled by this review of Company in the Times (alongside two books I admire greatly, no less). So grateful to @escoffery.bsky.social for this generous review!

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Alfred Enoch reads from ‘If I Survive You’ | The Booker Prize Watch Alfred Enoch read an extract from ‘If I Survive You’, a Booker Prize 2023-shortlisted novel written by Jonathan Escoffery.The story so far: In 1979, as...

Love this mesmerizing performance by Alfred Enoch reading an excerpt from @escoffery.bsky.social’s IF I SURVIVE YOU, as part of The Booker Prize’s celebration of the shortlisted titles: youtu.be/kg5tkNokRUM? PS Reposting since I forgot to add the link card in my previous post.

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

I was down there for the first time this week, at JC Bruno Restaurant, and it was really good.

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Congrats @escoffery.bsky.social & @nicolechung.bsky.social!

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-book-prize

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Jonathan Escoffery interview: 'Humour is a coping mechanism used by people who are aware of their po...

Another winning interview with @escoffery.bsky.social on the occasion of IF I SURVIVE YOU making The Booker Prizes Longlist: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... Congrats to Jonathan and all the longlist nominees!

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Oh, that was you? 😂

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The Booker Prizes Welcome to the home of the Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize, the leading literary awards for works of fiction published in the UK in English

Holy shit @escoffery.bsky.social’s IF I SURVIVE YOU is longlisted for the Booker Prize!

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2 years ago

Holy shit indeed 🥳🥳🥳

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2 years ago

Thank you!

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