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FICTION

NOVEL

Dust Country: A Novel (in progress), Finalist for the 2022 Landmark Prize by Homebound Publications and 2022 finalist for The Big Moose Prize by Black Lawrence Press

On April 14, 1935, the biggest dust storm of the Great Depression sweeps across the Southern Plains. In Amarillo, bank president W.H. Farnsworth risks everything to save his banks by driving out in the storm with his grandson and seven sacks of cash. Through the kaleidoscope of six perspectives, Dust Country is a multi-generational family portrait, a queer history, and a story of manmade disaster, economic uncertainty, and social upheaval.

SHORT STORIES

“The Baby Stays a Baby” in R2: The Rice Review (2005-2006 Edition)

“Cats of Rome” in R2: The Rice Review (2004-2005 Edition)

NONFICTION

“On The Pew” in R2: The Rice Review (2006-2007 Edition)

BOOK REVIEWS

Who in This Room: The Realities of Cancer, Fish, and Demolition. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 36, October 14, 2011

My Dyslexia. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 26, September 9, 2011

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 19, August 16, 2011

Kicking Ass and Saving Souls: A True Story of a Life Over the Line. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 12, July 22, 2011

Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 11, July 19, 2011

American Masculine: Stories. Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for readers Issue 2, June 21, 2011