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Video from Letters Bookshop
Video of my reading at Letters Bookshop in Durham. I’m reading the opening of my forthcoming novel, The Last Great American Magic (August, 2016). It was Star Wars Day (May 4), hence the Boba Fett hat! I was lucky enough to open for Miriam Herin, who gave a fantastic reading. You can watch several minutes […]
“In Limbo” Published in The Ottawa Object
August 1, 2015
My short story “In Limbo”—a hashing out of the afterlife, or part of it—appears in the inaugural issue of The Ottawa Object from Threwline Books. It’s a real thrill to see “Volume I: Issue I” on the front cover, and for my story to be included. I’m excited for the future of this rag.
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Teaching High School Creative Writing
September 16, 2014
Many thanks to the Indian Hill Public Schools Foundation for inviting me back to my alma mater to lead a creative writing workshop in the middle of the school day. Follow this link to read my first stairwell interview, which feels like a major milestone. In all seriousness though, I had a blast teaching these […]
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New Profile in Continuum
May 2, 2014
Leanne Star profiled me in Continuum magazine in 2005, back when I was a struggling graduate student at Northwestern. So it was really fun to talk to her again this spring for a follow-up profile in Continuum, now that I’m….something other than a struggling graduate student. Just like she did nine years ago, she makes […]
“The Trench Garden” reviewed in SLR
April 17, 2014
My short story “The Trench Garden,” published this winter by Ploughshares, has been reviewed in the Southern Literary Review. Donna Meredith reviewed my novel, Green Gospel, back in 2011, so it was really a thrill to see her name in the byline again, reviewing “The Trench Garden.” (And she’s a helluva writer in her own […]
“The Trench Garden” Now Available as Audio Book
March 24, 2014
My short story, “The Trench Garden,” is now available in Audible Audio Edition for only $2.99. Narrated by the inimitable Andre Montgomery, this unabridged version runs 1:20. “The Trench Garden” was published as part of Ploughshares’ Solo series in January, 2014. To download the audio edition, click here.
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BookMarks 2nd Annual Moveable Feast
February 9, 2014
I’m excited to be one of the Featured Authors this afternoon at BookMarks 2nd Annual Moveable Feast in Winston-Salem. This event features more than twenty authors from across the country! Every attendee will have a chance to hear from eight authors for ten minutes each. Book sales and book signings. At the Milton Rhodes Center […]
“The Trench Garden” Reviewed in Durham Herald-Sun
January 27, 2014
It’s always an honor to appear in the hometown rag. The Durham Herald-Sun blurbed “The Trench Garden,” out this month from Ploughshares. Click here to read the full blurb. (As an aside, the round-up also mentions Philipp Meyer’s The Son, which is a terrific book and very much recommended.)
Plougshares Publishes “The Trench Garden”
January 16, 2014
Ploughshares has published my long short story, “The Trench Garden,” as part of their “Solos” series. “The Trench Garden” is available for $0.99 on Amazon.com. To read an excerpt, click here. From the jacket: As the Second World War rages in Europe, two undergraduates in Tennessee work a summer job for a celebrated poetry professor, […]
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