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Latest News July 2011 Two new long stories forthcoming: "Above the Factory"-the story of a couple who move into a new house to discover that there is an operational factory in the basement-will be coming out this August in the excellent online magazine Five Chapters. "Dishonor"-a story about disaffected twenty-one year-old Phillip Dante, who gets the boot from the U.S. Army during the Gulf War and then returns to Ohio where he continues his so-far fruitless search for how to be in the world-will appear in the fall issue ofThe Missouri Review. June 2011 Drowned Boy has been awarded The 2011 Towson Prize for Literature, an award that goes to a Maryland writer each year. I've also recently learned that I've been awarded a fellowship in fiction for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference this August. Finally my long story, "We're in Danger, All of Us," is out in the May 2011 Epoch alongside a lot of good company. April 2011 My story "Believers" appeared in Knee Jerk's first print version (out in February 2011). Another new story, "We're in Danger, All of Us," will be appearing in Epoch, probably in May 2011. The other big news of the spring is that I have been invited by One Story to be one of their debutantes later this month, at the Second Annual One Story Debutante Ball. January 2010 Drowned Boy is out! You can find it online at Sarabande Books, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, as well as in many independent bookstores and many Barnes and Nobles). October 2009 Drowned Boy has been chosen as a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" Selection and is a 2010 Barnes and Noble Discover Award finalist. Drowned Boy was chosen by National Book Award-winning novelist and story writer Andrea Barrett to win the 2008 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Check the events page for upcoming readings. |