Delighted to have a new short story, “Victor,” published in Narrative Magazine! You can read it here!
Esquire selects The Imagined Life as one of "The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)!"
Absolutely thrilled and incredibly honored to see The Imagined Life selected as one of Esquire Magazine’s “Best Books of 2025 (So Far)!” You can read more about it, including the very kind review of The Imagined Life, here.
The Imagined Life selected for The New Yorker's "Best Books We Read This Week!"
More good news from The New Yorker! Incredibly honored to see my new novel, The Imagined Life, included among The New Yorker’s “Best Books We Read This Week!”
Fantastic review of The Imagined Life in The New Yorker!
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!”
Interview with Miwa Messer on the Barnes & Noble "Poured Over" podcast!
Loved talking to Miwa Messer on the Barnes & Noble “Poured Over” podcast about my new novel, The Imagined Life! You can listen to our conversation here or on YouTube here.
Interview with Beth Golay on KMUW's Marginalia about The Imagined Life
It was a delight to talk to the wonderful Beth Golay on KMUW’s show and podcast Marginalia about my new novel, The Imagined Life! You can listen to our conversation here.
Writers on Writing podcast interview about The Imagined Life with Marrie Stone
Such a delight to chat with the wonderful Marrie Stone about The Imagined Life on the Writers on Writing podcast. You can listen to our conversation here or on Apple podcasts or many other places where you can hear podcasts.
Texas Public Radio "Book Public" Interview with Yvette Benavides
Loved talking with Yvette Benavides about The Imagined Life on Texas Public Radio’s program “Book Public,” which you can to here and also on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Wonderful Review of The Imagined Life in The New York Times Book Review!
Thrilled about this smart and generous review of The Imagined Life in The New York Times Book Review by Rand Richards Cooper!
“A fascinating portrait…Foremost among Porter’s 20th-century forebears might be Richard Yates… Like Yates, Porter writes in a style that is lucid and unadorned… He is less caustic than Yates, and more forgiving; generosity, rather than contempt, is the animating impulse… The Imagined Life [is] endowed with sympathy and propelled by the mystery behind the Mills family’s undoing. You want to find out what happens.”—Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times Book Review
Book Tour dates for The Imagined Life!
I’m thrilled to share the dates for my upcoming Book Tour for The Imagine Life, kicking off at my San Antonio Book Launch on April 15! To learn more about each specific event, please visit the “Events” page on this website. If you live in our near any of these cities, I’d love to see you!
I wrote a new essay on my love of audiobooks for The Wall Street Journal
I wrote an essay for the The Wall Street Journal about how I came to love audiobooks! And I do love audiobooks! You can read it here.
My short story "Angelo" selected for the 2025 Best American Short Stories!
Absolutely thrilled to share that my short story “Angelo,” which originally appeared in Ploughshares, was selected by Celeste Ng for the 2025 Best American Short Stories! Having a story in Best American has been one of my literary dreams since I first started writing short stories back in college. Huge thanks to Celeste Ng and Nicole Lamy for choosing it and to Laila Lalami and Ladette Randolph for selecting it for Ploughshares before that!
The Imagined Life is among the 13 books Alta Journal is excited about for April!
Thrilled to see my new novel, The Imagined Life, included among the 13 books Alta Journal is excited about for April 2025! See the full list here.
The Imagined Life is one of Barnes & Noble's "Best Books of April 2025"
Thrilled to see my new novel, The Imagined Life, selected as one of Barnes & Noble’s “Best Books of April 2025!” You can read more here.
The Imagined Life in Vulture
The Disappeared is now available in paperback!
Thrilled to share that this beautiful new paperback edition of The Disappeared has just been published by Vintage Books/ Penguin Random House! you can order a copy here.
Galleys of my new novel are available!
Galleys of my new novel, The Imagined Life,are available! Pub Day: April 15. You can preorder a copy here.
Longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
Incredibly honored to be longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and included alongside so many writers I admire and whose work has inspired me for years!
The Imagined Life is available for pre-order!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new novel The Imagined Life (out from Knopf on 4/15/25) is now available for pre-order! I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering a copy!
The Theory of Light and Matter selected as a recommended "Summer Read" by The Korea Herald
Thrilled to see my first collection, The Theory of Light and Matter, selected as one of five recommended “Summer Reads” by The Korea Herald.
