Selected Works

1. Novel
Winner of the Ironweed Press Fiction Prize

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

A finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
2. Short Stories
Originally published in The Literary Review; winner of the Charles Angoff Award; reprinted in the anthology Visiting Hours
Originally published in Redivider
3. Essay
Originally published in Gently Read Literature
Originally published in Michigan Quarterly Review

Press

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REVIEWS OF THE UNDERSTORY

Publishers Weekly, June 11, 2007 (scroll down; it's the ninth review)

Chicago Tribune, December 22, 2007 (no longer accessible online; for PDF file of review, see section below)

BookList, October 1, 2007

Small Spiral Notebook, October 8, 2007 (no longer accessible online; for PDF file of review, see section below)

Books For Readers, issue 100, fall 2007 (you must scroll down to get to issue 100)

ForeWord magazine, September/​October 2007

El Paso Times, October 28, 2007
(Note: to access this review, which is no longer accessible for free, click on the PDF file below.)

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, September/​October 2007

Rain Taxi, Winter 2007/​2008
(Note: to access this review, which appeared only in print, click on the PDF file below.)

Mary Akers's literary blog, December 5, 2007

The Small Press Review (UK), Issue Five (Spring 2008)

Colorado Review, Issue 35, No. 2 (Summer 2008)

The Smoking Poet, July 28, 2009 (scroll down for review)

The Understory has also received reviews on Goodreads.

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Readings and appearances for The Understory have taken place at bookstores, libraries, and book clubs in New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey.

book cover (548 KB) (photo by Michael Marquand)

author photos
color (photo by Ira Casel)

color (photo by Joy Yagid)