I was born in Washington DC and grew up in Los Angeles. Since then, I've lived in Iowa, Nicaragua, New Haven, and (currently) Brooklyn. I've worked as a baker, an office temp, an innkeeper, a tutor, a juice barista, a GAP clerk, and a medical actor. Every one of these was a world; they're still in me. These days I teach at the Columbia University MFA program, where I’ve been working with our incredible students for more than a decade. 

My latest book, a memoir called Splinters, came out in February 2024. I've also written two essay collections—The Empathy Exams and Make It Scream, Make It Burn—a critical memoir (it breaks down genre boundaries!), The Recovering, and a novel, The Gin Closet. I have written for a number of wonderful magazines including Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer. I am currently a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where my avatar is distinguished by a blindingly large smile (very on-brand) and an orange-slice earring.

Publicity:

Chloe Texier-Rose

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Literary Representation

Jin Auh:

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Speaking Engagements

Trinity Ray, Tuesday Agency:

trinity [at] tuesdayagency [dot] com

319-338-7080

Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan