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The Imagined Life among The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025

December 04, 2025

A huge thank to The New Yorker for including The Imagined Life among "The Best Books of 2025!”
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  • December 2025
    • Dec 4, 2025 The Imagined Life among The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 Dec 4, 2025
  • November 2025
    • Nov 24, 2025 The Imagined Life on NPR's 2025 "Books We Love" List! Nov 24, 2025
  • October 2025
    • Oct 25, 2025 The Imagined Life on the Longlist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction! Oct 25, 2025
    • Oct 21, 2025 My story "Angelo" in Best American Short Stories! Oct 21, 2025
  • September 2025
    • Sep 29, 2025 2026 San Antonio Artist Grant! Sep 29, 2025
  • August 2025
    • Aug 28, 2025 Terrific Review of The Imagined Life in Marie Claire (Italy) Aug 28, 2025
    • Aug 21, 2025 Fantastic review of The Imagined Life in The Times Literary Supplement (UK)! Aug 21, 2025
    • Aug 18, 2025 Wonderful review of The Imagined Life in The Irish Times! Aug 18, 2025
    • Aug 14, 2025 New UK Edition of The Imagined Life from Europa Editions UK! Aug 14, 2025
    • Aug 5, 2025 The Imagined Life featured in ELLE Decor Aug 5, 2025
  • July 2025
    • Jul 31, 2025 Interview about The Imagined Life in La Stampa Jul 31, 2025
    • Jul 23, 2025 The Imagined Life in Vanity Fair! Jul 23, 2025
    • Jul 7, 2025 Interview with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft podcast Jul 7, 2025
    • Jul 4, 2025 The Imagined Life on Good Morning America Jul 4, 2025
  • June 2025
    • Jun 29, 2025 Article about The Imagined Life in la Repubblica Jun 29, 2025
    • Jun 24, 2025 Italian translation of The Imagined Life! Jun 24, 2025
    • Jun 5, 2025 Interview with ABC News's podcast The Book Case (with hosts Kate and Charlie Gibson)! Jun 5, 2025
  • May 2025
    • May 29, 2025 The Imagined Life included among Orange County Register's Summer Road Trip Reads! May 29, 2025
    • May 22, 2025 Interview about The Imagined Life on the Burned by Books podcast May 22, 2025
    • May 20, 2025 Interview about The Imagined Life with The Writer's Bone podcast May 20, 2025
    • May 20, 2025 The Imagined Life in the Sunday New York Times Book Review! May 20, 2025
    • May 20, 2025 Beautiful Review of The Imagined Life in The Wall Street Journal! May 20, 2025
    • May 19, 2025 New short story in Narrative Magazine May 19, 2025
    • May 14, 2025 Esquire selects The Imagined Life as one of "The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)!" May 14, 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