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Jonathan Gleason is a writer, professor, and medical interpreter. His book "FIELD GUIDE TO FALLING ILL" won the inaugural Yale Nonfiction Book Prize and will be published in January 2026. Currently, he is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Chicago.

Gleason holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa. He is a recipient of a 2023 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation and a finalist for the 2024 Granum Prize. His work is anthologized in Best American Essays (2024) and has appeared in The Sun Magazine, Literary Hub, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Colorado Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, and many others. ...more

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Field Guide to Falling Ill: Essays (The Yale Nonfiction Book Prize)
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Jonathan Gleason liked Nikki Rossiter's review of Field Guide to Falling Ill: Essays (The Yale Nonfiction Book Prize): "he’s so eeeeearnest and vulnerable throughout the essay. i enjoy that he seldom comes to firm conclusions; the territory he’s working in is squishy and ill-defined in all kinds of ways, so it makes sense that he’d move from conclusion to a set of que" Read more of this review »
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Jonathan Gleason and 1 other person liked Connor's review of Field Guide to Falling Ill: Essays (The Yale Nonfiction Book Prize): "stunning. maybe this comes down to a high 4 with time, but I'm so taken with Gleason's care, attention, and honesty regarding medicine and the people he writes about. these essays remind me what the genre of creative nonfiction can do. "
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Jonathan Gleason liked Miguel Reyes's review of Field Guide to Falling Ill: Essays (The Yale Nonfiction Book Prize): "Some really poignant writing on the intersection of humanities and the machine that is American medicine. "
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