The Novelist: A Novel

Brisk and shockingly witty, exuberantly scatological as well as deeply wise, The Novelist is a delight. Jordan Castro is a rare new talent: an author highly attuned to the traditions he is working within while also offering a refreshingly fun sendup of life beset by the endless scroll. —Mary South, author of You Will Never Be Forgotten\nIn Jordan Castro’s inventive, funny, and surprisingly tender first novel, we follow a young man over the course of a single morning as he tries and fails to write an autobiographical novel, finding himself instead drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind.\nThe act of making coffee prompts a reflection on the limits of self-knowledge; an editor’s embarrassing tweet sparks rage at the literary establishment; a meditation on first person versus third examines choice and action; an Instagram post about the ethics of having children triggers mimetic rivalry; the act of doing the dishes is at once ordinary and profound: one of the many small commitments that make up a life of stability.\nThe Novelist: A Novel pays tribute to Nicholson Baker’s The Mezzanine and Thomas Bernhard’s Woodcutters, but in the end is a wholly original novel about language and consciousness, the internet and social media, and addiction and recovery.

Literature & Fiction

Castro, Jordan

Dramas & Plays

Soft Skull

In Jordan Castro's inventive, funny, and surprisingly tender first novel, we follow a young man over the course of a single morning as he tries and fails to write an autobiographical novel, finding himself instead drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind. The act of making coffee prompts a reflection on the limits of self-knowledge; an editor's embarrassing tweet sparks rage at the literary establishment; a meditation on first person versus third examines choice and action; an Instagram post about the ethics of having children triggers mimetic rivalry; the act of doing the dishes is at once ordinary and profound: one of the many small commitments that make up a life of stability. The Novelist: A Novel pays tribute to Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine and Thomas Bernhard's Woodcutters, but in the end is a wholly original novel about language and consciousness, the internet and social media, and addiction and recovery.

Plough Quarterly No. 41 – Freedom

Guite, Malcolm

Barclay, John M.G.

Ahmari, Sohrab

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie

Donnelly, Robert

Ramos, Santiago

Thomas, Hannah Rose

Sildre, Joonas

Sims, J. Daniel

Yongguang, Pan

Religion & Spirituality

Plough Publishing House

The Great Silent Roar

At the peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Jaxton Bello seeks to take his own life on the George Washington Bridge. He is rescued by Cason Sax, an NYPD Sergeant, and September 11th survivor, who rips Jaxton off the ledge and into the hearts of readers. Cason implores Jaxton to return home and rebuild his life with his wife and daughter. Jaxton must first journey into his past, through his consciousness and along the vacant avenues of a New York City on 'pause.' During this self-reflection, Jaxton trespasses at shuttered venues, outruns pursuing cops, collides with former love interests and crashes a Black Lives Matter protest. "The Great Silent Roar" is a colorful tale that voyages into a man's wounded soul and delivers a valentine to the most remarkable city in human history. As riots rage, past demons must be slayed if Jaxton is to reignite his flame for living and complete his odyssey home.

Xlibris US

“Before you read these poems: go and check out what the New Yorker is pushing as poetry. Then open up Young Americans, seems obvious what Jordan Castro is doing is revolutionary, he expressing emotions through poetry that have never been done before. The style, the way the subject matter is portrayed, even the meter, are new.” 
 - Noah Cicero, author of The Human War, The Insurgent, and Best Behavior 
 “If you are a person who doesn’t really know what they are doing and you would like to read about another person who doesn’t really know what they are doing either, I recommend reading this poetry book. I enjoyed reading these poems. Or something.” 
 - Chris Killen, author of The Bird Room 
 “I read these poems three times in one night, then put the duvet over my head and held my knees for a while. It’s good when something makes sense. I really really liked these poems.” 
 - Ben Brooks, author of Grow Up

Young Americans

Poetry

Civil Coping Mechanisms

"Jordan Castro's if i really wanted to feel happy i'd feel happy already is one of my favorite books. I feel consistently delighted, excited, emotional, amused, intellectually stimulated while reading it and rereading it and thinking about it. I highly recommend it."  - Tao Lin, author of Taipei, more."Jordan Castro is a thin man. This is why the inner fat man inside of me wants to hate him. But I don't. Jordan Castro is one of those true poets whose poems don't feel like poems. When you read most poems it makes you feel like you're fasting. This is how empty most poems feel. Castro's poems are different. They are full of carbs and girls and life and recklessness and wildness and flesh. They fill me up. They make me feel hungry for more. I read them and I eat. I grow large with this rock and roll and life. Fifty years from now, people will read these poems and whisper, 'I want to be young again. I want to be young again.' And it will be so." - Scott McClanahan, author of Crapalachia, Hill William, more.

If I Really Wanted to Feel Happy I'd Feel Happy Already

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