My short story “Simple Past, Present Perfect” is in the Massachusetts Review
My new novel, Hotel Cuba, due out in 2023!
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 Has Won the Bronze!
Nirvana Is Here has won a Bronze Medal in the Foreword Reviews 2019 Book Awards. Read all about it here:
My Interview with Garth Greenwell in Electric Literature
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!
Shelf Talking Podcast
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!
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 Review, and my creative non-fiction piece “Sweetness Mattered,” in Tin House.