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Falls Library
First reading of the year! At the Falls of Schuylkill Library, Saturday, January 18, at 3 PM. I'll be reading from my most recent novel, 2 A.M. in Little America. I'll also discuss writing and reading in general and my next book, A Hole in the Story.
Announcing A Hole in the Story
My fifth novel, A Hole in the Story, will be published April 1. In a starred advance review, Kirkus calls it "an edgy, discomfiting look at the alpha males of journalism in the age of #MeToo."
Palace Fortress
In my new short story for the Baffler, "Palace-Fortress," a former revolutionary appears to accept his grim fate as he ends a late-night dinner with the nation's dictator.
Distopia America, conversation with Giancarlo de Cataldo
At the Mantova Literary Festival, "Distopia America," a conversation with Giancarlo de Cataldo.
Festivaletteratura di Mantova
I'm headed to Italy for the Festivaletteratura di Mantova, from Wednesday, Sept. 6 through Sunday, Sept. 10. The program includes a public conversation Sunday at 2:30 PM at the Piazza Castello with the famed Italian writer, Giancarlo De Cataldo. The happy subject: Dystopian America.
Vulture 2AM in Little America
Link: The Best Books of 2022
2AM Vulture
2AM@No. 7! Vulture names the novel in its best-of-year list.
Le Due del mattino a Little America
The Italian edition, "Le due del mattino a Little America," translated by Monica Capuani, has just been published by Fandango Libri.
Washington Post Paul Starobin
Link: Our new national reality is now a dystopian novel
2AM Starobin Washington Post
"He greeted me in a pronounced Bronx accent and a summer fedora, a can of bug spray in hand." Paul Starobin profiles me for the Washington Post.