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Signing books at AISLE in Champaign
I’m always happy to do signings or talks with libraries – school libraries, public libraries, specialty libraries, you name it. So I was glad to join the Association of School Library Educators (AISLE) today in Champaign, Illinois. I’ll be signing copies of Rockin’ the Boat, Votes of Confidence, and A Hot Mess and talking about […]
Cover for Animal Husbandry is ready
My first fiction book, the short-story collection Animal Husbandry and Other Fictions, comes out in the spring. Preorders aren’t quite ready yet, but the cover has been updated. Here’s what it looks like. I really dig it, as it both references specific stories in the collection and evokes the tone of many of them.
More praise for A Hot Mess
My climate change book A Hot Mess received some nice recognition recently. As part of its World on the Move Project highlighting the impact of climate change (among other factors) on human migration, the American Anthropological Association included A Hot Mess among its top books for further reading. Also, Yellow Book Box, which offers subscription […]
“Boundless and Bare” in Hare’s Paw Journal
A new fiction story is out today. “Boundless and Bare,” featuring a museum exhibit’s thoughts from behind the glass, appears in Hare’s Paw Journal. An excerpt: For a century now, he’d stood behind the glass. Omari’s body was smaller than it had been in life, his bones folded inward just like the earthen tomb that […]
Preorders available for Votes 2024
Big news on the Votes of Confidence front. The 2024 edition is now available for preorder, in both hardcover and paperback editions. It’s also featured in Publisher’s Weekly’s spring preview. The new edition is out March 5, 2024, and I’ll be posting events, reviews, and other updates on this site and on social media.
“The Paper Cut” reprinted in Zoetic Press
My short story “The Paper Cut,” originally published in Jet Fuel Review back in 2016, is now published in print for the first time, as part of the Epic Fail issue of Zoetic Press Nonbinary Review. An excerpt: Stupid paper cuts. There aren’t many things more infuriating than a deep paper cut. An infinitesimal fragment […]
Updates from AWP
Attending the AWP conference in Seattle this week, my second year there. No signings or anything this year for me, as my last book was a 2021 release and I’m still on deadline for 2024 releases, but got to catch up with several of the literary magazines that have published my work. If you’re at […]
