Currently
Writing Memory’s Bright Burn, a linked collection of stories and flash fiction.
Two completed novels seeking representation.
Publishing essays on writing and the creative life on “Substack”
Author · Baltimore
Robert Jacoby
Writer of fiction, poetry, memoir, and essays
About the author
A short biography
Robert Jacoby is a novelist, poet, memoirist, and essayist. His poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in numerous literary magazines. He is the author of four books, including the novels There Are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes and Dusk and Ember, and the memoir Never Stop Dancing.
“I am interested in what people will say to each other when they finally stop pretending. Most of my work begins there.”
He has completed two new novels that are currently seeking representation and is at work on Memory’s Bright Burn, a linked collection of stories and flash fiction. He also writes essays about writing on Substack.
From the notebook
Recent
- April 2024
- On finishing a novel, and starting again
Notebook
- November 2023
- Reading at the Ivy Bookshop
Events / Baltimore
Notebook
- March 2022
- An interview with The Loch Raven Review
Interviews
Writing updates.
Occasional notes on new work, publications, and life at the desk.
Or write directly — robert@robert-jacoby.com