American writer and editor
Jayson Greene (born 1981 or 1982)[ 1] is an American author, music critic and editor. He has served as a senior editor of online music magazine Pitchfork [ 1] and is the author of Once More We Saw Stars a memoir about the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2015.[ 2] The book, released May 14, 2019,[ 3] received a starred review from Publishers Weekly [ 4] and was named to lists of most-anticipated books of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly , the Observer , New York magazine 's Vulture , Elle , Oprah Magazine and Bustle .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Reviewing Once More We Saw Stars for The New York Times , Alex Witchel praised the book as "a revelation of lightness and agility. That [Greene] managed to keep his facility for language during a period where it often disappears is a miracle. He has created a narrative of grief and acceptance that is compulsively readable and never self-indulgent."[ 11] Rolling Stone gave it four of five stars, noting that the story which "might be too bleak to face" instead is "an intensely moving, life-affirming story about a young couple moving through the darkest depths of grief together, making it up as they go along."[ 12]
^ a b Maher, John (February 10, 2017). "Knopf to Publish Memoir of a Father's Loss" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Chaban, Matt A. V.; Rojas, Rick (18 May 2015). "Girl, 2, Dies After Being Struck by Falling Piece of Windowsill in Manhattan" . The New York Times . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Cowdrey, Katherine (November 23, 2018). "Hodder buys bereaved father's 'moving' memoir" . The Bookseller . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ "Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir" . Publishers Weekly . January 16, 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Kelly, Hillary (January 7, 2019). "37 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2019" . Vulture . New York Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Canfield, David (December 20, 2018). "The 50 most anticipated books of 2019" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Jarema, Kerri (April 4, 2019). "29 New Memoirs To Make Your Spring Reading Dreams Come True" . Bustle . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Tang, Estelle (11 March 2019). "The Best Books to Read This Spring" . Elle . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ LeBlanc, Lauren (18 March 2019). "The 16 Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2019" . Observer . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Haber, Leigh; Hart, Michelle (21 March 2019). "Everyone's Talking About These Books – Here's Why" . Oprah Magazine . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .
^ Witchel, Alex (13 May 2019). "Grieving the Death of a Child in 'Once More We Saw Stars' (Published 2019)" . The New York Times . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ Sheffield, Rob (2019-05-15). "Book Review: Jayson Greene's 'Once More We Saw Stars' is a Staggering Work of Quiet Heartbreak" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2020-12-18 .