Absolutely thrilled to share that my short story “Angelo,” which originally appeared in Ploughshares, was selected by Celeste Ng for the 2025 Best American Short Stories! Having a story in Best American has been one of my literary dreams since I first started writing short stories back in college. Huge thanks to Celeste Ng and Nicole Lamy for choosing it and to Laila Lalami and Ladette Randolph for selecting it for Ploughshares before that!
The Imagined Life is among the 13 books Alta Journal is excited about for April!
Thrilled to see my new novel, The Imagined Life, included among the 13 books Alta Journal is excited about for April 2025! See the full list here.
The Imagined Life is one of Barnes & Noble's "Best Books of April 2025"
Thrilled to see my new novel, The Imagined Life, selected as one of Barnes & Noble’s “Best Books of April 2025!” You can read more here.
The Imagined Life in Vulture
The Disappeared is now available in paperback!
Thrilled to share that this beautiful new paperback edition of The Disappeared has just been published by Vintage Books/ Penguin Random House! you can order a copy here.
Galleys of my new novel are available!
Galleys of my new novel, The Imagined Life,are available! Pub Day: April 15. You can preorder a copy here.
Longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize!
Incredibly honored to be longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and included alongside so many writers I admire and whose work has inspired me for years!
The Imagined Life is available for pre-order!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new novel The Imagined Life (out from Knopf on 4/15/25) is now available for pre-order! I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering a copy!
The Theory of Light and Matter selected as a recommended "Summer Read" by The Korea Herald
Thrilled to see my first collection, The Theory of Light and Matter, selected as one of five recommended “Summer Reads” by The Korea Herald.
Interview with Korean film actress Lee Chung-Ah
I was deeply honored and a bit starstruck to talk with acclaimed Korean film and television actress Lee Chung-Ah about the stories in The Disappeared on her channel MOCA. You can watch the interview in its entirrtey on the MOCA channel on YouTube.
2024 Seoul International Book Fair and Book Talks
I had an amazing week in Seoul last week and am grateful to everyone who came out to my book talk event in Seoul and to my book talk and book signing at the Seoul International Book Fair. Here are a few photos from the week.
New Interview at Identity Theory
It was a delight to be interviewed by Chuck Augello at Identity Theory. You can read the interview in its entirety here.
Interview on Austin Liti Limits Podcast
It was a delight to talk to Scott Semegran about The Disappeared on the Austin Liti Limits podcast. You can listen to our entire conversation at this link.
New Short Story in Ploughshares
Incredibly honored to have my story “Angelo” chosen by the brilliant Laila Lalami for this special issue of Ploughshares alongside stories by Tommy Orange, Jane Smiley, and many other writers I admire! You can buy the issue here.
New Novel to be Published by Knopf!
Absolutely thrilled to share that my new novel, THE IMAGINED LIFE, will be published by Knopf in Spring 2025! So delighted to get to work again with the brilliant Diana Tejerina Miller, and so grateful to my wonderful agent, Terra Chalberg, for helping to make this happen! Also, I’m incredibly honored that The Imagined Life will be published in translation in Italy by the amazing Italian publisher Feltrinelli!
The Disappeared selected for The Story Prize longlist!
Thrilled and honored to learn that The Disappeared has been chosen for The Story Prize longlist!
New story in Texas Monthly!
So honored to be chosen by Texas Monthly and American Short Fiction for this series on Texas writers and to have my story “The Letters” appear in the February issue of Texas Monthly! So grateful also for these beautiful accompanying illustrations by artist Lore Mondragón. You can read the story here.
Korean Translation of The Disappeared!
So thrilled about this beautiful Korean translation of The Disappeared, just published this week by Munhakdongne! I’m so grateful to everyone at Munhakdongne for the tremendous care they put into the design and translation of this new edition and so grateful also to the readers of my work in Korea for their continued support and kindness!
New story in Ploughshares!
Excited to have a new story, “Los Olvidados,” in the latest issue of Ploughshares! You can find the issue (Winter 2023-24) here.
New story in Narrative Magazine
Thrilled to have a new short story, “Patisserie,” published in Narrative magazine. You can read the story here.
