Selected Short Stories
The Lobster Mafia Story
Murder, marriage, miscarriages, and a girl who likes chocolate chip cookies.Published in The Georgia Review
(winner of a 2011 Pushcart Prize)
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These Wildernesses
A break-in, a guilty father, too many ladybugs, and a pet raccoon.Published in Harvard Review
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What is Alaska Like?
Seedy motel, clams, lust, and a chambermaid.Published in One Story
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Lotto
A small city, a strange friendship, dirty magazines, old love.Published in The Georgia Review
(winner of a 2008 Pushcart Prize)
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The Prize
Radio adventures in South Dakota, doughnut lust, and real men.Published in Alaska Quarterly Review
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Selected Essays
The Three-Month Itch
New motherhood, an ex-boyfriend, and a cellphone.Published in The New York Times Magazine
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Is My Toddler More Jewish Than Me?
Shabbat services, religious fervor, Halloween, and a doubting mother. Published in Kveller.comRead essay
Featured Story:
The Long Net
Peril, pedophilia, and petunias.Winner of the Missouri Review Editor’s Prize
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