Electric Literature selected a story from my first collection, "Where We Must Be," for Recommended Reading. All four installments "How Writers Read" are now up at The Believer. Thanks to Elissa Gabbert for asking me to participate! I contributed a Year in Reading entry for … [Read more...]

Massively grateful to Bard College for awarding ISLE the 2015 Bard Fiction Prize, a prize that was "established in 2001 by Bard College to encourage and support promising young fiction writers, consists of a $30,000 cash award and appointment as writer in residence for one … [Read more...]

The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Mystery Stories, both of which include "Antarctica," are officially out. Talked to Amber Sparks about "lowbrow" influences over at Electric Literature. A brief profile in The Boston Globe (Thank you, Jan … [Read more...]

FIND ME makes Book Riot's In The Mailbag. FIND ME shout-out in New York Times article on dystopian fiction. Everyday Genius published a list of all the things I cut out of my novel. Interview with LitWrap. The 2014 O. Henry Prize Stories is out in the world and Joan … [Read more...]

September 13th, Fall for the Book Festival. Reading at 2:30PM, Center for the Arts, Grand Tier III, George Mason’s Fairfax Campus, with Rebecca Lee. September 20th, Cork Short Story Festival. Reading at 4:15PM with Sally Vickers. October 3rd-6th, St. Augustine Writers' … [Read more...]