Fiction
Fourteen Hills – excerpt from “Look at Me” (forthcoming)
The Baltimore Review – “Lipstick”
He nudges something small, hard, on the carpet with his socked foot, then picks it up before the boy can stop him. A golden tube, bright as the boy’s glittering shame.
The Brooklyn Review – “Word of Mouth“
“You wouldn’t say that if we were talking about a man.”
“But we’re not talking about a man,” she said. “We’re talking about Kathleen.”
The Rumpus – “Care and Feeding“
The dead man’s parents were the same age as his parents, but he had never seen his parents hold each other like that, each the tree trunk and each the red leaves, falling.
No Tokens – “Good Dead Girls”
People eat tongue—my grandfather loved it—and I can see that, when Jenny’s tongue is in my mouth. How a person could want to bite down.
Essays
Bellevue Literary Review – “Exene” (Pushcart nominated)
I crouched down and extended the treat in my palm, calling for her. Exene. I wanted her to trust me. I wanted her to give me what no human could.
LitHub – “A Refuge from Censorship: Why Independent Bookstores Will Save Us“ (Part I)
For every book that’s banned, and every library that loses its autonomy over curation, we’re going to need community action and mutual aid to get books into readers’ hands.
Substack – “A Refuge from Censorship” (Part II)
Now that I’m home, I wanted to write here about the rest of my road trip, reflect on the experience overall, and share the list I’ve compiled of the more than 40 indie bookstores across the country that welcomed me.
Electric Literature – “8 Novels about Class and Racial Tensions in the Suburbs“
A reading list of novels about class and racial tensions in the American suburbs, each of them engrossing and unsettling, concerned with the powerful forces that shape a community.
Chicago Review of Books – “Because What in Life is Ever Clear-Cut?: An Interview with Kate Broad about Greenwich“
People only believe huge, dehumanizing lies once they’ve normalized seemingly small falsehoods to begin with.
Totally Booked with Zibby Owens – Live Interview at the Whitby Hotel
Listen via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or Acast.
Read With Jul – Interview
Listen via Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston – Interview
Listen via Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Spotify.
Trevor and Friends with Trevor Crow – Live on WCGH 1490 AM
Listen via YouTube.
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