Selected Writings and Interviews
Short stories and personal essays
“The Evolution of Desire” in Catamaran
“Animals is Family” in the Arkansas International
“More Noir than Chardonnay” from the New York Times
“Risky Reads:Satanic Panic” from NPR
Journalism and Reviews
On Susannah Israel in La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre
On Terri Friedman and Maria Guzman Capron in Ateliers d’Art
On Charles Baxter in the Believer (scrolling required)
On Taylor Antrim’s Immunity for the New York Times Book Review
On the Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy for the New York Times Book Review
On Arnon Grunberg’s Tirza for the New York Times Book Review
The Rumpus Long Interview with Bill Ayers
“Easter Parade” from The Last Book I Loved on The Rumpus
Interviews (of me)
Interview with Christopher Bollen in Interview
Interview with San Francisco Chronicle
Emotional Punches: Interview with Molly Antopol in Fiction Writers Review
Two Interviews with France’s TV24, one in English and one in French(!)
Me talking about A Working Theory of Love for the Stanford Alumni Association
