BOOKS
King of the Gypsies: Stories (buy here, here, or here)
SHORT WORKS
“Red Tide.” The American Scholar. (forthcoming Winter 2023).
“Florida Woman.” The Normal School. October 2023.
“Things We Did While Waiting for (Good) News.” Southword. Issue 44 (Summer 2023).
Short-listed for the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Prize.
(book review) Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann, Colorado Review, Spring 2022.
“Running a Marathon: Writing Lessons in 26.2 Miles.” Poets & Writers, online exclusive, November 2021.
“Healing Thyself.” Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 97, No. 3. Fall 2021.
(book review) Names for Light by Thirii Nyo Kyaw Myint, Colorado Review, Autumn 2021.
(book review) The Blessing by Gregory Orr, Colorado Review, Summer 2020.
“Storylines.” Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art. Vol. 19, No. 3, December 2019.
"Breaking the Rules: When to Ignore Good Advice" Poets & Writers, Sept/Oct 2018.
"What my ESL students from 'shithole' countries taught me about being a good American" Quartz, January 12, 2018.
“Perfect Ride.” Hunger Mountain. No. 20, Spring 2016.
"Four Questions." Faresickness, June 8, 2016.
(book review) McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh, Colorado Review, Winter 2015.
"Lenore Myka's Insatiable Curiosity." The Story Prize Blog, December 21, 2015.
"Research Notes." Necessary Fiction, December 4, 2015.
"Selling Shorts." Beatrice, October 11, 2015.
"Stories We Love." Fiction Writers Review, October 8, 2015.
"Book Notes." Largehearted Boy, September 30, 2015.
"Where I Write." The Next Best Book Blog, September, 2015.
"My First Time." The Quivering Pen, August 31, 2015.
“Four Bottles.” SCENE Magazine. August 2015 Issue.
"Lessons in Romanian." The Drum. August 2015. (audio)
“Mascots.” New England Review. Vol. 35, No. 3, Fall 2014.
“Day of Lasts.” Iowa Review. Vol. 44, Issue 2, Fall 2014.
(book review) Miruna: A Tale by Bogdan Suceavă, Colorado Review, Fall 2014.
(book review) Xylotheque: Essays by Yelizaveta P. Renfro, Colorado Review, Summer 2014.
(book review) Byrd by Kim Church, Colorado Review, Spring 2014.
“Real Family.” Booth Journal. Vol. 6, Short Fiction Issue, 2013 (Short Story Prize selected by Roxane Gay).
(book review) If a Stranger Approaches You by Laurie Kasischke, Colorado Review, Autumn 2013.
“The View of Birds” Cream City Review. Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2013 (Short Story Prize selected by Tom Williams).
“Wood Houses.” West Branch. No. 71, Fall 2012.
“National Cherry Blossom Day.” Alaska Quarterly Review. Vol. 29, Fall/Winter 2012.
“Lessons in Romanian.” The Massachusetts Review. Vol. 53, No. 1, Spring 2012.
“Palace Girls.” H.O.W. Journal. No. 4, Spring/Summer 2009.
“Let No One Write My Epitaph.” Talking River Review. Issue 24, Spring 2009.
“Rol Dobos.” Upstreet Magazine. No. 4, Summer 2008.
“King of the Gypsies.” The Massachusetts Review. Vol. 48, No. 4, Winter 2007.
“Inheritance.” Further Fenway Fiction. Rounder Publications, 2007.