“Jamison reckons with the limits of what a body can endure, as well as the irrevocability of what it is forced to remember”
“Already Dead: On My Corpse Inside.” Richard Scott Larson. The Cincinnati Review. Horror Folio.
“Wes Jamison Scavenges for Hard Truths in Essay Collection Carrion.” Bobby Willover. Southern Review of Books. 24 June.
Reviews
Interview with Rebecca Miller. The Linden Review.
“To Wit: Flash Interviews—Wes Jamison,” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies In the Classroom Blog Series
Interviews
2025 American Literary Review Nonfiction Award, First Runner-Up
2025: Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award longlist, The Florida Review
The Best American Essays 2022: “Mother,” Gigantic Sequins, vol. 13
2021: Quill Prose Award, selected by Kazim Ali, Red Hen Press
2020: Book Award longlist, Tarpaulin Sky Press
2017: Pushcart Prize nomination, cahoodaloodaling
2016: Chapbook Contest, selected by Julie Carr, Essay Press
The Best American Essays 2011: “The Secret Garden,” South Loop Review, vol. 13
2011: Essay Contest Winner, South Loop Review
Recognition
“Front Table Newsletter 10/08.” The Seminary Coop | 57th Street Books.
“Authors Corner.” Otterbein Towers. Otterbein University, Fall.
“Wes Jamison: Spotlight on Carrion (2024).” Windward Review. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, July.
“Recommended Reading” and “Excerpt: Carrion,” Shelf Unbound Magazine. Summer. 4 June.
“A Reading List for Pride Month 2024,” CLMP. 31 May.