← Mitchell S. JacksonThe Residue Yearsby Mitchell S. JacksonDebut novel about addiction, recovery, and family in post-industrial PortlandFind on Amazon↗About the authorMitchell S. JacksonAmerican novelist and essayist whose debut The Residue Years explores a Black family navigating Portland's drug culture. Survival Math is a celebrated hybrid memoir. He is an important voice in contemporary Black American literary fiction.More by Mitchell S. JacksonSurvival MathMemoir of poverty, hustling, and survival in late-twentieth-century Baltimore→Fly!Essay collection on flying, escape, freedom, and American transcendence→