Aaron Hamburger

Sunday, May 21 at 1 pm ET I’ll be giving a virtual reading with authors Judy Labensohn and Jonathan Papernick in the May edition of the Literary Modiin reading series. Register here to follow along.

My new novel Hotel Cuba is now available for pre-order! Go to your favorite bookseller (hopefully a wonderful indie bookstore) and order your copy. Click here for a few options.

A new story “I Know Where I’m Going” appears in Image Journal. The story is about a victim of American gun violence traveling in Morocco, and it explores the question of what it means to be Jewish, as well as what it means to be human during these fraught days.
https://imagejournal.org/article/i-know-where-im-going/

My short story “Simple Past, Present Perfect” is in the Massachusetts Review

I’m delighted to announce that my new novel, Hotel Cuba, has been sold to Harper Perennial. It’s the story of two sheltered Russian Jewish refugee sisters, one sensible and one impractical, who find themselves trapped in hedonistic Prohibition-era 1920s Havana while trying to emigrate to America. The book is scheduled for publication in 2023.

Nirvana Is Here has won a Bronze Medal in the Foreword Reviews 2019 Book Awards. Read all about it here:

Nirvana Is Here has been named a finalist for the 2019 Foreword Book Awards for LGBTQ Fiction!

I interviewed Garth Greenwell on the occasion of his new novel Cleanness for Electric Literature. Our conversation covered a range of topics, including the current state of queer lit, writing about sex and sexuality, and the writer’s position in contemporary life and politics. Enjoy!