Mary Jones SHORT STORY READING From THE GOODBYE PROCESS

Mary Jones is the author of the short story collection THE GOODBYE PROCESS (Zibby Books 2024). Of the collction, Mary Otis observed that "In these exquisite and emotionally distilled stories, Jones illuminates the mysterious corners of grief and grace with poignancy and spiky humor.” Aimee Bender added that she was “moved and wowed by how much Jones packed into a moment, how swiftly she could conjure a person. That “her words have these subtle magnets in them, drawing a reader close. Thrilling abundance here.”
In addition to Alaska Quarterly Review, her stories and essays have appeared in many journals including Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Subtropics, EPOCH, Epiphany, Santa Monica Review, Brevity and elsewhere. The recipient of a summer prose fellowship from The University of Arizona Poetry Center, her work has been cited as notable in The Best American Essays and appeared in The Best Microfiction 2022. She teaches fiction writing at UCLA Extension.