I have a new interview up at The Rumpus with Chinelo Okparanta about her latest novel, Harry Sylvester Bird. Our discussion was enlightening and covered everything from allyship to the pandemic and beyond. You can read it here.
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New Interview with Joseph Han
I recently had a wonderful conversation with Joseph Han about his debut novel Nuclear Family. That interview is up now in The Rumpus!
A Thousand Butterflies Translated into Arabic
My story “A Thousand Butterflies,” which was originally published in a print edition of Passages North and then reprinted in Flash Fiction Online, has been translated into Arabic for an international anthology of flash fiction.
A bit about the anthology from the publisher’s website:
“The Man Who Loves Hugs” is an amazing collection of stories, which includes a group of contemporary international writers. A remarkable cosmic anthology, which contained various human subjects, written with shorthand and ingenuity, through fictional flashes, highly artistic and influential. Stories, translated for the first time, by creators from many countries such as America, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Brazil and India. Stories that will not take long to complete, but for the beauty of their translation, and for their striking vibrancy; Shape and theme, it will accompany you forever.
This is such an exciting opportunity, and I’m grateful to the translator, Abdallah Altaiyeb, for including me.
New Flash Fiction in Bending Genres
I have a new story out about sloth tchotchkes, and capitalism, and sucky jobs in the latest issue of Bending Genres. This issue is filled with writers I admire, and I’m so grateful to the editors for giving this piece a great home. Please check out “Booming Economy.”
Essay About Revenge Films at Electric Literature
My essay “Can a Revenge Movie Succeed Without Violence?” is up today at Electric Literature. It’s a critical response to the film Promising Young Woman and includes my thoughts on the 2017 movie Revenge. Warning: it does contain spoilers and discusses sexual assault.
New Publications Coming Soon
Happy Lunar New Year! I’m excited to say that I will have an essay coming out next week in Electric Literature, and a new piece of flash fiction in the April issue of Bending Genres. I’ve been pushing pretty hard in terms of submissions, so I’m hoping these are just the beginning of many announcements.
Lost Balloon Turns Four!
On Monday, Lost Balloon will turn four years old. I’m so proud of the magazine, and of the work I’ve done there. I’m so happy, too, that I was able to get Madeline Anthes to join the team at the beginning of 2019. I don’t know what I would do without her.
Lost Balloon has published two hundred stories, and has been featured in both the Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction anthologies. Pieces from the magazine have also made finalist lists for Best of the Net and the Wigleaf Top 50. I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish this year, and I can’t wait for people to read all the excellent work we have coming up in the next few months.
Welcome to 2021
It’s been a quiet year for me in terms of publishing flash pieces, but I did a lot of work. I finished and revised a novel. I worked with a bunch of amazing writers over at Lost Balloon. I tried my hand at writing personal essays. I signed with a wonderful agent. I’m looking forward to 2021 and what it brings. Happy New Year!
Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist for 2020
I feel so proud to say that my story “Run” made the longlist for this year’s Wigleaf Top 50. This is my second year making the longlist. I’m grateful to the editors at Gravel, who originally published the piece, and the Wigleaf Top 50 editors, who I know spend so much time and effort on this list every year.
New Story at X-R-A-Y lit mag
My story “First Kiss at the End of the World” about climate crisis and kissing is up at X-R-A-Y literary magazine, accompanied by some gorgeous artwork by Bob Schofield. Please go read!
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