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, 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 direct the nonfiction concentration. 

My new book, a collection of essays called Make It Scream, Make It Burn, comes out in September 2019. I've also written a novel, The Gin Closet, a collection of essays, The Empathy Exams, and a critical memoir, The Recovering. My work has appeared in places including The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer.  

Publicity:

Michael Taeckens:

michael [at] broadsidepr [dot] com

Liz Garriga:

Elizabeth.garriga [at] hbgusa [dot] com

Literary Representation

Jin Auh:

jauh [at] wylieagency [dot] com

Speaking Engagements

Trinity Ray, Tuesday Agency:

trinity [at] tuesdayagency [dot] com

319-338-7080

Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan