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Bustle includes Refund on list of story collections to read

The site Bustle.com includes Refund on a list of “Ten Story Collections for People Who Are Convinced They Don’t Like Story Collections.” You can read this great list here.

Refund is on the Longlist for The Story Prize 2015!

You can see the entire Longlist here.

Electric Literature names Refund as one of the Best Story Collections of 2015

The Electric Literature website includes Refund on this amazing list; you can read about all the books here.

Interview with Barbara Demarco Barrett for her “Writers on Writing” series

Barbara Demarco Barrett talks to me for her “Writers on Writing” series. You can read the interview here. 

Refund chosen as a “Favorite Book of 2015” in the San Francisco Chronicle

Molly Antopol selects “Refund” as a favorite book of 2015. You can read her review and the list here.

Interview with Jeffrey Brown of PBS’ Book View Now

Jeffrey Brown interviews me at the Miami Book Fair for the PBS show Book View Now. You can watch the interview here.

My story, “Anything For Money,” on Electric Literature site

“Anything For Money,” which appeared in Zoetrope and is part of my collection “Refund,” is a Recommended Reading selection on the Electric Literature site, with an intro by my editor, Dan Smetanka. You can read the story here.

Interview up on the Lithub site

Critic Jonathan Russell Clark interviews me for Lithub. You can read the interview here.

Interview up on National Book Award site

Courtney Maum interviews me for the NBA site. You can read the interview here. 

Entertainment Weekly includes Refund in roundup of NBA Finalists

Entertainment 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!

Refund 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

Refund 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

Very 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

“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

Refund is on the Frank O’Connor Story Award shortlist! You can read about it here.