Hear me reading an excerpt from Nirvana Is Here at Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, courtesy of the Shelf Talking Podcast. Some great sound effects added. Enjoy!
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Nirvana Is Here Audiobook–Available Now!
Nirvana Is Here is now available as an audio book from Tantor Media, read by Charlie Thurston. Hear a sample and get your copy!
Double “Special Mention” in the Pushcart Prizes XLIV
I was thrilled to receive two special mentions, for fiction and for non-fiction in the recent Pushcart Prizes, XLIV. The nods were for my story “Refugees,” published in the Bennington […]
Hear My Interview on the Queer Words Podcast
While on book tour in San Francisco, I was delighted to sit down with Wayne Goodman for an interview about my writing and Nirvana Is Here. You can hear the […]
2020 Individual Arts and Humanities Fellowship
I’m thrilled to announce that the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has awarded me a 2020 Individual Arts and Humanities Fellowship. The award, which recognizes excellence in the […]
Nirvana Is Here–an Audiobook!
Good news! The audio rights to Nirvana Is Here have been sold. Stay tuned for further info as the audio version of the book becomes available. And no, I won’t […]
Nirvana Is Here–a Documentary
Check out this short documentary about me and the novel Nirvana Is Here directed by Ender Emre.
Electric Literature Interview
It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Kristopher Jansma for Electric Literature. The interview covered a range of topics, including the #metoo movement, race, and of course the legacy of […]
Stories and Novels
This spring, in addition to releasing my novel Nirvana Is Here, I’ve also published a new short story, “Kimono Story” in the Maine Review. I tend to go back and […]
Nirvana Is Here is here–and the art of radical empathy
As my new novel is now making its way into the world, the literary journal Midwestern Gothic recently published an interview with me about the writing process and some of […]