Jordan Castro

Jordan Castro (born November 13, 1992) is an American writer and editor. He is the author of two books of poetry and a novel, as well as assortment of stories and essays, published in Harper's, Tin House, Muumuu House, and other magazines. He was the editor of Tyrant Books online magazine from late 2016 until it closed in 2021.

The Novelist, published in 2022 by Soft Skull Press, received positive reviews in Bookforum, Los Angeles Review of Books, and, among other magazines,Wired, which stated that Castro's novel contained "some of the most accurate—and accurately abject—depictions of the experience of using the internet ever captured in fiction."^[1] Michael Schaub, writing for NPR, which chose Castro's novel as a Best Book of the Year, stated, "Castro’s fiction debut is as meta as it gets, but that’s part of its immense charm."^[2]

Castro is influenced by Thomas Bernhard and Nicholson Baker, among other writers,^[3] and has stated he is "the new Dostoevsky."^[4]

• The Novelist (Soft Skull Press, 2022)^[5]

• Young Americans (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2013)
• If I Really Wanted to Feel Happy I'd Feel Happy Already (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2014)

• Pets: An Anthology (Tyrant Books, 2020)

• Jordan Castro's X account
• A conversation with Tao Lin in The Paris Review Daily
• Appearance on Red Scare