Guest on The Other Stories Podcast

I was a guest on Ilana Masad's podcast The Other Stories last month and the episode went up today. I read and we talked about my story “And Finally the Tragedy (originally published by Tin House), and about Donald Barthelme’s influence on this particular story and on my writing in general. I also bring up this great piece by Michael Byers in the Fiction Writers Review, which is totally worth your time if you're a fan of Barthelme. We also talk about the writing process in general and where stories come from. I had so much fun talking to Ilana and am so happy she invited me to come on the show! I think you'll really enjoy our conversation. Here is the link to listen if you’re interested.

ALOUD Reading Series: Writing Our Future

Along with Eugenie Montague, my friend and classmate at UC-Irvine, I had the honor of reading at the ALOUD reading series at The Library Foundation of Los Angeles on April 17th. We read with students from CalArts, Otis College, UC Riverside, and USC. It was an amazing night in the beautiful Mark Taper Auditorium at the Central Library in downtown L.A, and it was an evening I won't soon forget.


There is a podcast from the reading, which you can listen to here. If you don't have time to listen to the whole program (which I recommend), but are curious about what I read, you can fast forward to the 16:00 minute mark. I read from the first six pages of the novel I'm working on.

I'd like to thank Louise Steinman for having us at the ALOUD series. And special thanks to Michelle Latiolais, Ron Carlson, my friends in the UC-Irvine MFA Program, and The Library Foundation of Los Angeles!

Okay, thanks for listening!