I’ll be teaching a fiction workshop for Writing Workshops May 23-28, 2027 in Iceland. Robert Siegel will be teaching nonfiction and Ramona Ausubel a generative workshop. You can find out more info and register here:
Posted in News | Leave a commentAuthor Jake Brown interviewed me for his show About the Authors TV! Here is part of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfJp9IqepU&t=23s
Posted in News | Leave a commentI loved talking to librarian Jenn Jordan for the “Turn the Page” podcast at the Syosset Public Library in Long Island. You can listen to the interview here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentMy third collection, The Words of Dr. L is now out in paperback! Longlisted for the Story prize, and one of Kirkus Reviews’ 100 best works of fiction of 2025. Pick it up or order from an independent bookstore today!
Posted in News | Leave a commentBonnie Friedman lists “The Words of Dr. L” along with eight books focusing on women and their secret lives. “To read it is to sit at the feet of a master of the short story form.” You can see the … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a commentWe are scheduling two weekend revision workshops in our NYCIntensive weekend workshop program this June and August. On June 26-28 and August 7-9, we will meet in midtown Manhattan to discuss fiction or nonfiction manuscripts of up to 25 pages. … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a commentThe Words of Dr. L is on the Longlist for The Story Prize! You can see all the longlisted titles here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentThe Chicago Review of Books names “The Words of Dr. L” on their list of Best Story Collections of 2025.” You can see the full list here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentI loved doing an interview with Nicole Adler for her Youtube show, “The No-No show.” Nicole played Lena in a stage production of my story “Eternal Love” in San Francisco a couple years ago. You can watch the interview here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentKirkus Reviews has included The Words of Dr. L on its list of Best Books of 2025–Fiction. You can see the whole list here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentI’ll be teaching a fiction workshop July 14-19 2026 in Paris through Writing Workshops! Robert Anthony Siegel will be teaching the nonfiction workshop, and Ramona Ausubel a generative workshop. You can find out more and apply here.
Posted in News | Leave a commentRobert and I will be co-teaching our NYCWriting Intensive again the weekend of January 23-25 in Midtown Manhattan. The class, open to both fiction and nonfiction writers, will meet 5-7 pm Friday eve January 23 and then 9 am to … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a commentGoodreads includes The Words of Dr. L on this list of 96 great collections published in the last three years. You can see the whole list here.
Posted in News | Leave a comment“The smooth prose of these stories escorts us towards soft, barbed realiza- tions: loss, isolation, and new starts do not require catastrophic change in order to occur, they are ahead of us no matter what.” Lilith magazine reviews The Words … Continue reading
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