Books
Latest
My story “The Fifth Syllable” appears in the latest issue of The Point (Summer 2026). You can read a Q&A about the story on The Point’s Substack.
About
I am the author of the novel The Dimensions of a Cave and the story collection Prodigals, both published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and now out in paperback with Picador.
Please find links to my publications and interviews below.
Contact
For professional inquiries, please contact my agent Samantha Shea at Georges Borchardt, Inc.
For other inquiries, I can be reached at gregjackauthor [at] gmail [dot] com.
Selected work
2026
2025
2024
- “The Honest Island”
- Greg Jackson reads “The Honest Island”
- On the Intersection of Mind and World
- Tank Magazine Interview
- Port Magazine Interview
- Greg Jackson on Hannah Arendt
- “Note on Craft”
- Greg Jackson reads Jennifer Egan
- Greg Jackson reads “Wagner in the Desert”
2023
- “Within the Pretense of No Pretense”
- “The Island”
- Wagner By The Park
- The Best Metaphysical Thrillers
2022
2021
- “The Hollow”
- Greg Jackson reads “The Hollow”
- On Bohemians and the Bourgeoisie
- The Best American Essays 2021
- “State of the Art”
- Discussing “Prayer for a Just War”
- “Prayer for a Just War: Finding Meaning in the Climate Fight”
- “Sources of Life: Private Sentiment and the Politics of Despair”
2020
- With Christopher Beha
- Ann Beattie's “Where You'll Find Me”
- Francesco Rosi's Hands over the City
- Discussing “Vicious Cycles”
- “Nocturnal Admissions”
- “Vicious Cycles: Theses on a Philosophy of News”
2019
- “Hipster Elegies”
- Joshua Furst's “Revolutionaries”
- Greg Jackson reads “Poetry”
- “Poetry”
- On the Dialogue between Myth and Reality
2018
- “The Inner Life of a Sinking Ship”
- “A Curiosity of Spies”
- “A Super Soaker Is a Water Gun You Masturbate”
- “Reverse Cowboy”
- “Are we trading happiness for convenience?”
- “After the Vernissage”
2017
2016
- “The Park”
- “Does Literature Have a Political Responsibility?”
- The First Book Interview: Greg Jackson
- “Party Going”
- Top 10 Books to Make You a Better Person
- Influenced: Episode 3
- “Dynamics in the Storm”
- Greg Jackson: Prodigals
- Five Questions with Greg Jackson, Author of Prodigals
- “Summer 1984”
- “Dynamics in the Storm”
2015
2014