I am a huge fan of novels which feature a rotating cast of narrators, so I was excited to delve into Glassworks, the debut novel from Olivia Wolfgang-Smith. The book is a multi-generational, queer story about art and love and inheritance, and I was grateful to have been able to talk about the story with Olivia for The Rumpus. You can read our conversation here.
Category / Published Work
Interview with Matthew Salesses
The old adage “write what you know” often lends itself to books about writers and artists, or drinking and family, or a combination of all four. For Matthew Salesses, however, writing what he knew allowed him to create gripping contemporary story about basketball and soap operas. I spoke with Matthew about The Sense of Wonder recently for The Rumpus, and you can read our discussion here.
Interview with Chinelo Okparanta up at The Rumpus
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.
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 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!
Interview with Jaquira Díaz in The Rumpus
Ordinary Girls, the debut memoir by Jaquira Díaz, will be published on October 29th by Algonquin Books. I spoke with Díaz for The Rumpus about monsters, the duality of the migrant experience in America, and what it’s like to reject or embrace the label of being an “ordinary girl.” You can read our talk here.
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