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Essays by Me
Novels that Thwart Traditional Narrative Structure | Lit Hub A novel is not airline luggage, there are no strict rules, no arbitrary size and weight regulations that you must contemptuously squeeze your story into. True Crime Beyond the Genre | CrimeReads True crime is so ubiquitous that it has sprawled out beyond its own borders, into other genres that engage with its tropes while also questioning them, turning them on their head, or showing them in a new light. Locked Down in DK & Finishing a Novel | LitHub I was living in a new country, during a lockdown, and my life had whittled itself down to mainly one thing: the frustrating endeavor of writing a novel. 10 Stories About Self-Destructive Women | Electric Literature No matter what the women in these stories and novels do—no matter how blatantly they lie, how many mind-altering substances they consume, how easily they turn on their loved ones—I find I am rooting for them, holding out hope that they might change. |
Selected Interviews
Belletrist + BookClub Powell's, In Conversation with Steve Almond Pop Women Fiction (Podcast) Selected Press
New Novels Take Old Favorites for a Spin | WashPo Feeding on Fairy Tales in How to Be Eaten | Boston Globe Going in Style | The Center for Fiction Debuts You Should Know | Library Journal 14 Books You Should Read in May | TIME Magazine 10 Best Books to Read in May | Glamour Most Anticipated Books of May | Bustle Starred Review | Kirkus Starred Review | Booklist |