Was a pleasure chatting with Jon DiSavino about my collection The Disappeared on the literary podcast Short Story Today. You can listen to our interview here.
The Big Texas Author Talk
I was honored to be chosen for The Big Texas Author Talk, hosted by Writing Workshops Dallas and Gemini Ink, and loved talking with author Nan Cuba about the stories in The Disappeared. You can listen to our conversation here.
Reading List for Electric Literature
It was a pleasure writing this short piece for Electric Literature about “Seven Short Story Collections Set in American Cities.” You can read the piece here.
Radio Interview with Bookmarked on KZSM
Really enjoyed this interview last May with Priscilla Vance Leder, host of the radio program Bookmarked on KZSM. You can listen to the interview here.
Conversation with David James Poissant
I’ve been a long time admirer of David James Poissant’s fiction, and it was a delight talking with him about the stories in The Disappeared and writing in general on the literary podcast The Drunken Odyssey. You can listen to our conversation here.
Conversaition with Joshua Bohnsack of TriQuarterly
Really enjoyed talking with author and managing editor Joshua Bohnsack at TriQuarterly magazine about The Disappeared. You can read our full conversation here.
Interview with Aaron Burch on The Lives of Writers podcast
Had a lot of fun talking with author Aaron Burch about The Disappeared and story writing on The Lives of Writers podcast! You can list here.
Interview with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But podcast
Loved talking with author Lindsay Hunter about The Disappeared and writing in general on the I’m A Writer But podcast! Listen to our conversation here.
Interview with Chills at Will podcast
Was a delight talking with Pete Riehl recently on the Chills at Will podcast! Listen here.
Seoul International Writers’ Festival!
I’m incredibly grateful to the Seoul International Writers’ Festival for bringing me to South Korea this month and am thrilled to be doing a number of events at the festival (9/8 - 9/13). Among other things, I’ll be giving a speech at the Opening Ceremony, participating in a one-on-one interview with Eun Heekyung on 9/10, and doing a book talk event on 9/12 with my Korean publisher, Munhakdongne. I’m very excited to be visiting South Korea for the first time and, again, very grateful to the SIWF for bringing me over and hosting me
Book Tour Schedule for The Disappeared
I’ll be doing some readings and other events for my new collection, The Disappeared, in the coming months. If you live in or near any of these cities, I’d love to see you! More specific details about these events can be found on the Events page on this website.
Article on The Disappeared in the San Antonio-Express News
The Disappeared will be out in one month!
Galleys of my new collection, The Disappeared, have arrived!
Thrilled to have these beautiful galleys of my new collection, The Disappeared, out from Knopf on April 11, 2023 and available for pre-order now! If you have publicity or event requests, please visit the Contact page on this site.
The Disappeared is available for pre-order!
My new short story collection, The Disappeared, has a cover and is now available for pre-order here! The collection will be officially released on April 11, 2023. Such an honor to have this cover designed by the brilliant John Gall, who has designed some of my favorite covers of all time. More news to come soon. In the meantime, I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering The Disappeared!
New short story collection to be published by Knopf in Fall 2022!
I’m thrilled to share that my second collection of short stories, The Disappeared, will be published by Knopf in Fall 2022! This collection took me a long time to write, and I’m so happy it will be out in the world soon. Many thanks to the wonderful Diana Miller, who I’m delighted to be working with again, and to my incredible agent, Terra Chalberg, for making this happen!
New Spanish translation of collection
I’m very excited about the recent publication of my short story collection, The Theory of Light and Matter, in Spanish translation by China Editora (Argentina).
La Teoría de la Luz y la Materia is now available in bookstores and online. Many warm thanks to Caterina Gostisa and the staff at China Editora for making this happen! Also, very special thanks to the acclaimed Argentinian author Mariana Enríquez for writing such a lovely forward to the Spanish translation.
Finally, I’m very grateful for the kind reviews that La Teoría de la Luz y la Materia has already received, including some “Best of the Year” honors, and have loved being interviewed and interacting virtually with book groups and readers in Argentina. Special thanks especially to Florencia Scarpatti, Cecelia Fanti, Florencia Ure, Beiji Libros, and Victoria Mortimer.
New special Korean edition of my collection
I was thrilled to see this new special edition of the Korean translation of The Theory of Light and Matter published in limited quantity by Munhakdongne (Korea). There is merchandise connected to it as well. Also, found this very cool animation of the special edition. Finally, very grateful again for the many Instagram posts about the Korean translation here and all of the kind messages from readers.
Very excited about this beautiful Korean translation of The Theory of Light and Matter by Munhakdongne! Special thanks to Kim Lee Sun for the lovely translation. Also very grateful for the incredible response the book has received in Korea and the many emails and direct messages I have received from readers and book clubs in Korea over the past year. Thank you so much for your kind words. Finally, here is a short video review of the collection in Korean, which I was excited to discover. And another one here, in which Korean actor Park Jung-min discusses the book; and also one more here. Finally, I was especially moved by this very kind reading vlog.