My story 'Seeing Through Maps', first published in Harper's Magazine has been chosen for the Best American Short Stories this year, along with so many other writers I admire 🥰 Mariner Books

I am absolutely OVER THE MOON to announce that Lauren Groff and Heidi Pitlor have selected Shastri Akella (he/they)'s story "The Magic Bangle" from The Rainbow Issue of Fairy Tale Review for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories 2024!

I just finished Percival Everett's "James," which was brilliant and beautiful.

I am so proud that within 24 hours this essay has already been labeled “cranky” AND “grouchy.” Those are my two primary modes of being.

Vermont friends! I'll be celebrating THE NEW EARTH's paperback release with Rebecca Makkai at Bear Pond in Montpelier next Wednesday, July 10th. Please come!

There is no question about it: Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and the three Trump Supreme Court appointees are all GOP partisan hacks. Pass term limits. Expand the court. Enact an enforceable code of ethics. We must keep pushing Democrats to enact court reform. No more excuses.

I wrote about Rachel Kushner's terrific CREATION LAKE for Los Angeles Times. Some people are writing autofiction about midlife and the flaws of marriage. Personally, at this moment, I prefer literary fiction of ideas wrapped up as sexy, suspenseful spy novels. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

newsweek.com/im-childless-w…. Mary Clark Great article

It's here! THE THEME PARK OF WOMEN'S BODIES, is out today & I'm already so grateful to Bull City Press 🐂, Pine State Publicity, Clare Beams, Allegra Hyde, and everyone else who has helped these weird little stories find their way to (chap)book form. bullcitypress.com/product/the-th…

big thanks to the very wonderful richard scott larson for reading and sharing my book! SAD GROWNUPS comes out oct 8 - pre-order Stillhouse Press: stillhousepress.org/stillhouse-sto… OR bookshop.org/p/books/sad-gr…)

It's Thursday! And this particular Thursday, also PUBLICATION DAY for the brilliant, astonishing Mark Bowles and his debut, All My Precious Madness. Please join us in raising an enormous cheer for Mark - and take a look below at some of the stellar reviews All My Precious

My Best American Short Stories copy came in the mail last night! Thank you Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor and Elliott Hold at the Kenyon Review for believing in my story "Baboons."

A huge honor to be this year’s guest editor for The Best American Short Stories anthology (the last for Heidi Pitlor as series editor😭). I love short stories. I love these writers. We’ll be celebrating at Selected Shorts (10/23) & The Lynx (12/6). 🧡

Out today! THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2024 (Mariner Books), edited by Lauren Groff (12, 16), includes stories by MacDowell Fellows Marie-Helene Bertino (14), Madeline ffitch (19), Allegra Hyde (23), and Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (15). harpercollins.com/products/the-b…

me and my best american short story. thank you to lauren groff for selecting it. truly honored to be in this book full of writers i admire.

At the Selected Shorts recording of this year’s Best American Short Stories with the amazing Marie-Helene Bertino whose story Viola in Midwinter was read with guest editor Lauren Groff and Heidi Pitlor copies available now Mariner Books

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from The Seneca Project is amazing!!! Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.