Jesse Ball
Author · 16 books
Jesse Ball (1978-) Born in New York. The author of fourteen books, most recently, the novel How To Set a Fire and Why. His prizewinning works of absurdity have been published to acclaim in many parts of the world and translated into more than a dozen languages. The recipient of the Paris Review's Plimpton Prize, as well as fellowships from the NEA, the Heinz foundation, and others, he is on the faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Books
The Divers' Game
2019
The Lesson
2015
Notes on My Dunce Cap
2016
The Village on Horseback
Prose and Verse, 2003-2008
2011
Autoportrait
2022
The Curfew
2011
A Cure for Suicide
2015
Silence Once Begun
2014
The Repeat Room
2024
Samedi the Deafness
2007
The Deaths of Henry King
2015
How to Set a Fire and Why
2016
Census
2018
The Way Through Doors
2009
March Book
2004
Sleep, Death's Brother
2017
