News
The latest updates.
Interview up on the Lithub site
13 Nov 2015Critic Jonathan Russell Clark interviews me for Lithub. You can read the interview here.
Interview up on National Book Award site
11 Nov 2015Courtney Maum interviews me for the NBA site. You can read the interview here.
Entertainment Weekly includes Refund in roundup of NBA Finalists
31 Oct 2015Entertainment Weekly analyzes the NBA Finalists, introducing me as the “Short Story Virtuoso.” !!! You can read the article here. 
Refund is a Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction!
14 Oct 2015Refund has been selected as a Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. You can read the announcement here.
Refund is on the Longlist for the National Book Award in Fiction
17 Sep 2015Refund is included on the Longlist for the National Book Award in fiction. !!!!!!!!
You can see the entire list here:
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins University for 2015-2016
01 Sep 2015Very happy that I am the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, for the 2015-2016 academic year. Here’s a link:
New essay in Real Simple magazine
02 Jul 2015“We didn’t know that the house was inhabited. We just knew that it was free.” New essay appears in the July issue of Real Simple. You can read the essay here.
Refund is on the Shortlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
05 Jun 2015Refund is on the Frank O’Connor Story Award shortlist! You can read about it here.
Interview at the Los Angeles Review of Books site
21 May 2015Nancy Spiller interviews me for LARB. You can read the interview here.
My story “Free Lunch” is the featured story this week on Storyville App
20 May 2015The link to the Storyville App site is here.
Refund is on the Longlist for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize
29 Apr 2015You can see the entire list of books here.
“Like Normal People” is recommended by Meg Wolitzer in O magazine
14 Apr 2015In the May issue of O magazine, Meg Wolitzer is one of 15 authors recommending 
a book that should be rediscovered; she chose Like Normal People. You can read her recommendation here.
Interview about “Refund” in Shelf Unbound magazine
12 Apr 2015The February/March issue of Shelf Unbound Magazine features an interview with me about Refund. You can read the interview here.
Wilmington Star-News on Refund
11 Apr 2015Ben Steelman of the Wilmington Star-News writes about the terrific reviews for Refund. I’ll be a guest on the Prologue show on WHQR Monday, April 13. You can read the article here.
“Refund” is on Ebook Friendly’s list of best story collections to read in 2015.
06 Apr 2015You can read the list of recommended story collections here.