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.

Robert Jacoby

Writer of fiction, poetry, memoir, and essays

The books

Nonfiction · 2019

Never Stop Dancing

A Memoir
Novel · 2019

Dusk and Ember

Novel · 2012

There Are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes

Nonfiction · 2011

Escaping from Reality Without Really Trying

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.

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. 

Writing updates.

Occasional notes on new work, publications, and life at the desk.