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Esquire US
|Winter 2024
Mitchell S. Jackson, who accepted the prestigious journalism prize in 2021, explains why he wore these studded shoes to the ceremony
FLASH BACK TO 2013. MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE Residue Years, is coming out. I worked for 13 years on it, and it was like, "How am I going to mark this occasion?" So I buy these shoes I can't afford, Prada studded loafers, and I wear them for my first national press tour.
This story is from the Winter 2024 edition of Esquire US.
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