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Fantastic review of The Imagined Life in The New Yorker!

May 05, 2025

Thrilled with this very kind and generous review of The Imagined Life in The New Yorker! Also honored to be included among their “notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!”

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News

  • May 2025
    • May 7, 2025 The Imagined Life selected for The New Yorker's "Best Books We Read This Week!" May 7, 2025
    • May 5, 2025 Fantastic review of The Imagined Life in The New Yorker! May 5, 2025
  • April 2025
    • Apr 24, 2025 Interview with Miwa Messer on the Barnes & Noble "Poured Over" podcast! Apr 24, 2025
    • Apr 23, 2025 Interview with Beth Golay on KMUW's Marginalia about The Imagined Life Apr 23, 2025
    • Apr 21, 2025 Writers on Writing podcast interview about The Imagined Life with Marrie Stone Apr 21, 2025
    • Apr 18, 2025 Texas Public Radio "Book Public" Interview with Yvette Benavides Apr 18, 2025
    • Apr 16, 2025 Wonderful Review of The Imagined Life in The New York Times Book Review! Apr 16, 2025
    • Apr 12, 2025 Book Tour dates for The Imagined Life! Apr 12, 2025
    • Apr 11, 2025 I wrote a new essay on my love of audiobooks for The Wall Street Journal Apr 11, 2025
    • Apr 2, 2025 My short story "Angelo" selected for the 2025 Best American Short Stories! Apr 2, 2025
  • March 2025
    • Mar 31, 2025 The Imagined Life is among the 13 books Alta Journal is excited about for April! Mar 31, 2025
    • Mar 21, 2025 The Imagined Life is one of Barnes & Noble's "Best Books of April 2025" Mar 21, 2025
    • Mar 11, 2025 The Imagined Life in Vulture Mar 11, 2025
  • February 2025
    • Feb 25, 2025 The Disappeared is now available in paperback! Feb 25, 2025
    • Feb 12, 2025 Galleys of my new novel are available! Feb 12, 2025
  • December 2024
    • Dec 6, 2024 Longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize! Dec 6, 2024
  • September 2024
    • Sep 19, 2024 The Imagined Life is available for pre-order! Sep 19, 2024
  • August 2024
    • Aug 19, 2024 The Theory of Light and Matter selected as a recommended "Summer Read" by The Korea Herald Aug 19, 2024
    • Aug 19, 2024 Interview with Korean film actress Lee Chung-Ah Aug 19, 2024
  • July 2024
    • Jul 3, 2024 2024 Seoul International Book Fair and Book Talks Jul 3, 2024
  • June 2024
    • Jun 12, 2024 New Interview at Identity Theory Jun 12, 2024
  • April 2024
    • Apr 30, 2024 Interview on Austin Liti Limits Podcast Apr 30, 2024
    • Apr 25, 2024 New Short Story in Ploughshares Apr 25, 2024
  • March 2024
    • Mar 21, 2024 New Novel to be Published by Knopf! Mar 21, 2024
  • February 2024
    • Feb 8, 2024 The Disappeared selected for The Story Prize longlist! Feb 8, 2024
  • January 2024
    • Jan 19, 2024 New story in Texas Monthly! Jan 19, 2024
    • Jan 15, 2024 Korean Translation of The Disappeared! Jan 15, 2024
    • Jan 12, 2024 New story in Ploughshares! Jan 12, 2024
  • December 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 New story in Narrative Magazine Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 Interview with Reading the Room podcast Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 BOMB Magazine interview! Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 Texas Public Radio "Book Public" interview with Yvette Benavides Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 "The Disappeared" in Electric Literature with an introduction by Kristopher Jansma Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 Interview with Mitzi Rapkin on The First Draft podcast Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 The Korea Herald Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 Seoul International Writers Festival Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 28, 2023 New story in The Missouri Review Dec 28, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 Writers on Writing podcast interview with Marrie Stone Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 Korean literary journal Littor Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 The Korea Times Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 The Virtual Memories Show Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 Fractured Lit interview Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 Short Story Today Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 The Big Texas Author Talk Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 Reading List for Electric Literature Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 Radio Interview with Bookmarked on KZSM Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 Conversation with David James Poissant Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 Conversaition with Joshua Bohnsack of TriQuarterly Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 24, 2023 Interview with Aaron Burch on The Lives of Writers podcast Dec 24, 2023
    • Dec 24, 2023 Interview with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But podcast Dec 24, 2023
    • Dec 24, 2023 Interview with Chills at Will podcast Dec 24, 2023
  • August 2023
    • Aug 30, 2023 Seoul International Writers’ Festival! Aug 30, 2023
  • April 2023
    • Apr 6, 2023 Book Tour Schedule for The Disappeared Apr 6, 2023
  • March 2023
    • Mar 12, 2023 Article on The Disappeared in the San Antonio-Express News Mar 12, 2023
    • Mar 12, 2023 The Disappeared will be out in one month! Mar 12, 2023
  • December 2022
    • Dec 5, 2022 Galleys of my new collection, The Disappeared, have arrived! Dec 5, 2022
    • Dec 5, 2022 The Disappeared is available for pre-order! Dec 5, 2022
    • Dec 5, 2022 New short story collection to be published by Knopf in Fall 2022! Dec 5, 2022
    • Dec 5, 2022 New Spanish translation of collection Dec 5, 2022
    • Dec 5, 2022 New special Korean edition of my collection Dec 5, 2022
  • August 2020
    • Aug 21, 2020 Korean Translation Aug 21, 2020