The latest updates.
“Refund” is coming out January 13, 2015, but you can order it here and here and here.
Rabbi Anne Perry reviews A Town of Empty Rooms; you can read her review here.
My short story, “The Sea Turtle Hospital,” has just been published in issue 46/47 of Story Quarterly. You can find out more about the magazine here.
You can read Kay Campbell’s review here.
A Town of Empty Rooms is now out in paperback; a new excerpt, “The Pinewood Derby,” is up on www.byliner.com. You can read the excerpt here.
I talk to Jon Winokur for his website, “Advice for Writers.” You can read the interview here.
Are verbs emotional? Yes, they are! You can read my essay in the New York Times here.
I have a new story, “This Cat,” on the Narrative magazine website. You can read the story here.
My work is now included on the Byliner website. You can find some of my stories and essays here: www.byliner.com.
I talk with my partner in the trenches, Robert Anthony Siegel, about A Town of Empty Rooms. You can read the interview here.
Very grateful to Narrative magazine for selecting my story “Sent” as a Top 5 Story of the Week for 2012-2013. You can reach the announcement here.
Afar magazine spun the globe and sent me to Shannon, Ireland. You can read what happened in my article here.
“Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story”–read the rest of the Jewish Book Council’s review here.
ATown of Empty Rooms is included on a NC reading list. You can read the list here.
I talk to Gwenyfar Rohler of Wilmington magazine–you can read the interview here.