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Short Fiction

Where He Went

Published in Epiphany Magazine

Centralia in the Sky

Published in Gulf Coast Journal

Dead Inside

Published by Fiction Attic Press

That One Night

Published by Barcelona Review, read the backstory here

Dear Mermaid, Dead Mermaid

Published in Jabberwock Review, nominated for a 2022 Pushcart Prize

Sevilla, Seville

Published in Washington Square Review

The Flood

Published in Farewell Transmission

Geothermal

Published in The Normal School

Regeneration

Published in After the Storm, included in “Storms of the Revolution” anthology

One Day Closer

Published by Forge Literary Magazine, read the interview here

Peatlands

Published in King Ludd’s Rag No. 8 by Malarkey Books

Oh, how the world turns in the circle of a can

Published in Atticus Review

The streets are alive with the sound of jackhammers

Published by Pif Magazine

Love and Pistils

Published by Oyster River Pages

Oblivion

Published by Red Rock Review (Fall 2021 issue)

Green Roof

Published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House

The Fence, The Zoo, and the Empty Stroller

Published by Schuylkill Valley Journal

Mount P.

Published by Vastarien Volume 3, Issue 2

Poetry

Apology to the DC Public Library System – 730DC

I lost my poem – 730DC

Fight before a flight; The last to leave – Movable Type

Secret Lives of DC Rooftops – 730DC

Interviews

Tarot, Superheroes, and the Great American Novel: An interview with John Pistelli about “Major Arcana” at The Chicago Review of Books

From the Group Chat to the Stars: PW Talks with Lincoln Michel – Publisher’s Weekly

Novelist Abraham Verghese tackles spirituality and science – The Cap Times

Writing in the Age of AI: Vauhini Vara’s New Book “Searches” Explores the Power of Language at The Chicago Review of Books

On what it takes to find success later in life: Interview with Henry Oliver at The Creative Independent

On the drive to learn and understand: Writer Chloe Benjamin on lifelong curiosity, finding balance with the real world, and the superstition of keeping projects secret at The Creative Independent

A Geologist, Philosopher, Politician, and Chef Walk into a Bar… and They’re Sisters: A Conversation with Caoilinn Hughes about “The Alternatives” at Chicago Review of Books

Mini Interview with Jami Attenberg on A Reason to See You Again at The Rumpus

Confronting the Climate Crisis through Fiction: A Conversation with Mary Annaïse Heglar at The Rumpus

On having faith in creative abundance. Interview with Mark Cecil at The Creative Independent

“What Doesn’t Kill You Opens Your Heart”: Interview with Max Hipp at Southern Literary Review

On getting the details right. Interview with Aram Mrjoian at The Creative Independent

A Generational Game of Telephone: A Conversation with Aram Mrjoian on “Waterline” at Chicago Review of Books

On asking the hard questions. Interview with Leslie Pietrzyk at The Creative Independent

Johannes Lichtman is Preserving Prewar Ukraine. Interview at The Millions

On creative work as a space for new possibilities. Interview with Allegra Hyde at The Creative Independent

Poet Devin Kelly on allowing yourself to be surprised at The Creative Independent

On how creative work helps make sense of the everyday. Interview with GennaRose Nethercott at The Creative Independent

Meditation, ego death, and the humor of being alive in “Bad Thoughts”: An interview with Nada Alic at The Chicago Review of Books

Strangers in a Wisconsin bar inspired Nickolas Butler’s new novel – The Cap Times

Madison author Christina Clancy follows the sun in ‘The Snowbirds’ – The Cap Times

Daniel Kenitz’s debut novel explores the dark side of reality TV – The Cap Times

Curtis Sittenfeld writes about ‘grouchy, liberal Midwestern women’ – The Cap Times

‘Wisconsin Idols’ pens a love letter to Wisconsin legends – The Cap Times

Q&A: Local Author Len Kruger on Asking Good Bad Questions at 730DC

Q&A: Poet Regie Cabico on Lying to Tell the Truth at 730DC

Bud Smith on absurdity in fiction at The Florida Review

Ahead of book talk, Lauren Myracle explains love for ‘full creepy’ – The Cap Times

Madison musician Ritt Deitz goes stage to page – The Cap Times

Cap Times interviews with Jane Hamilton, Mark O’Connell, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, André Aciman

Featured Essays

AI, Impressionism, and the Fleeting Now: On Gustave Caillebotte and the Art to Come – The Metropolitan Review

Bach is a Strange Loop – Romanticon

Immortality in fiction, from Ancient Greece to the far future: On The Iliad, 17,776, and more – Beyond the Bookshelf

How to write climate fiction without being a doomer – Climate Fiction Writers League

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