Selected Short Stories

The Georgia Review

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)

Read an excerpt
The Georgia Review

These Wildernesses

A break-in, a guilty father, too many ladybugs, and a pet raccoon.
Published in Harvard Review
Read an excerpt
The Georgia Review

What is Alaska Like?

Seedy motel, clams, lust, and a chambermaid.
Published in One Story
Read an excerpt
The Georgia Review

Lotto

A small city, a strange friendship, dirty magazines, old love.
Published in The Georgia Review
(winner of a 2008 Pushcart Prize)

Read an excerpt
The Georgia Review

The Prize

Radio adventures in South Dakota, doughnut lust, and real men.
Published in Alaska Quarterly Review
Read an excerpt

Selected Essays

The Three-Month Itch

New motherhood, an ex-boyfriend, and a cellphone.
Published in The New York Times Magazine
Read essay

Is My Toddler More Jewish Than Me?

Shabbat services, religious fervor, Halloween, and a doubting mother. Published in Kveller.com
Read essay


Featured Story:

The Long Net
Peril, pedophilia, and petunias.
Winner of the Missouri Review Editor’s Prize
Read an excerpt