Essays + Reviews

• Excerpt from The Last Language, Narrative

• The Myth of Realism: Belief and Incredulity in Fiction, Poets & Writers

• Withholding & Revelation: Managing Information in Fiction, Poets & Writers

• Hearing Voices: Characterization and Language, Poets & Writers

• Review of Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties, Dallas Morning News

• Review of Swan Huntley's We Could Be Beautiful, New York Times

• MFA Vs. CIA, Lapham's Quarterly

• Review of Gabriel Urza's All That Followed, The New York Times

• Interview with Arts+Entertainments Author Chris Beha, Kirkus Reviews

• Why Our Stories About Russia Are Stuck in the Past, Salon

• Close Quarters: Review of Communion Town by Sam Thompson, The New York Times

• Words for What Can't Be Described, The Wall Street Journal

• A Wolf at the Door: Alzheimer's and The Consolation of Absurdity, Powell’s

• The Power of Derision: South Park, Putin, and Sneering, Powell’s

• The Myth of Realism: Lightning, Dental Floss and Plausibility, Powell’s

• Writing Across Gender: A Feminist Screed, Powell’s

Short Fiction

• "Lighthouse," 12 Novelists Tell Their Scariest Bite-Size Stories, Salon

• "Addio del Passato," FiveChapters