Interview with Water~Stone Review and updates

I was honored to have my short story, “Nojento,” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Water~Stone Review late last year. Recently, the WSR editors interviewed me about the piece, which you can find here. Sorry to have been a bit quiet on the blog lately. I am gearing up for my graduation from Warren Wilson […]

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Publications and other fun things

It’s been a fruitful few months for yours truly, in terms of publications and other stuff, so here’s a li’l update! In the summer, I published my first personal essay, “My Great Hunger,” in the Cincinnati Review. The editors at the CR were wonderful to work with, especially the Nonfiction Editor, Kristen Iversen, who helped […]

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Highly Commended for the 2021 Bridport Prize

It’s been quite a week over here for yours, truly. I’m in the middle of a super-productive residency at VCCA, my story “Clarinet Lessons” won the 2021 Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing, I turned thirty-nine, and another one of my stories, “The Hall of Human Origins,” was Highly Commended for the 2021 Bridport Prize. […]

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Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing

I am proud to announce that my story, Clarinet Lessons, was selected by judge Charlotte Watson Sherman as the winner of the 2021 Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing. The story is now on CALYX’s website and will be coming out in the summer/fall 2022 print edition. I’ve also done an audio recording to accompany […]

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