
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 & Washington Post Best Fiction of 2024
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- “Roadwork in Paradise” – [print only] Short story in either/or #2 (2026 annual)
- “Blue Dodger” – [print only] Short story in the Harvard Review #64 (Fall 2026)
- “A Tunnel Lined with Time: Rudy Wilson’s Red Truck” – the Sewanee Review published my introduction to the reissue of this 1987 novel
- “This Narrator Merits Your Attention. Just Don’t Trust Anything She Says.” – Review of Aea Varfis-Van Warmelo’s Attention-Seeking Behavior for the New York Times Book Review (May 16, 2026)
- “Halldor Laxness’ A Parish Chronicle“ – Harvard Review (February 12, 2026)
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