Chloe Cooper Jones

Chloé Cooper Jones is a Thailand-born American memoirist, academic, and journalist.^[1] Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, GQ, The Verge, VICE, Bookforum, New York Magazine and The Believer. ^[2]

Chloe Cooper Jones
Born	Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality	American
Education	BA, Emerson College MD and PhD, University of Kansas PhD, City University of New York
Notable work	Easy Beauty

Biography

Jones was born in Bangkok, Thailand and grew up in Tonganoxie and Lawrence, Kansas. She earned a bachelor's degree at Emerson College and a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Kansas. She was awarded a second PhD at City University of New York Graduate Center.^[3][4]

In 2020, Jones was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for her profile of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the NYPD’s killing of Eric Garner. The profile appeared in The Verge.^[5] She’s also the recipient of the 2020 Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant,^[6] and a 2021 Howard Foundation Grant from Brown University,^[7] both for Easy Beauty.

She was born with sacral agenesis, a congenital disease that impacts her walk and shortens her stature.^[8] Jones' memoir, Easy Beauty, which is about her quest to both understand beauty and to challenge our assumptions and standards of it, was published by Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster in April 2022.^[9] A review in Ms.Magazine described Easy Beauty as "a memoir of motherhood and disability, of bodily presence and difference depicted by talent that is both staggering and undeniable."^[10] It was named a best book of the year by publications including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Time, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and The New York Times.^[11] Jones was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography. ^[12]

References

1. Stark, Cortlynn (May 6, 2020). "'Restrained yet powerful language.' Three Kansas writers honored by Pulitzer committee". kansascity.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
2. "Chloé Cooper Jones". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
3. Schonbek, Amelia (2022-04-11). "How Chloé Cooper Jones Changed Her Mind". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
4. "Beauty, Bernini and Beyoncé". Kansas Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
5. Jones, Chloé Cooper (2019-03-13). "He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
6. "Chloé Cooper Jones". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
7. "Previous Fellowship Awardees | Howard Foundation | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
8. Jones, Chloé Cooper (2018-09-11). "My 6-Year-Old Thinks My Disability Is Boring". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
9. "Chloé Cooper Jones's Debut Memoir, "Easy Beauty," Holds Up a Mirror to the Able-Bodied World". Oprah Daily. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
10. Lanier, Alison (2024-05-09). "'Easy Beauty': A Memoir of Motherhood and Disability". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
11. Jones, Chloé Cooper (2023-04-04). Easy Beauty. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-5200-0.
12. Times, The New York (2023-05-08). "Pulitzer Prizes: 2023 Winners List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

External links

• Official website