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things going on right now
  • FIRST NOVEL: I'm working on the final draft of a novel called A Brilliant Novel in the Works.
    Click here to read more.
  • NEWER NOVEL: I'm also working on the first draft of a novel that currently doesn't have a name but at various points has been called David Salk and My Little Jew Friend and sometimes I just call it Azoy.
  • SHORT STORIES: I'm trying to find a home for my short story collection, When My Body Smashed Into the Sidewalk. Click here to read more.
  • MFA: I'm currently in the MFA program at Antioch University.

published work
contest winners
  • "Blue" (fiction)
    Wigleaf top 50 online short stories for 2009
  • "God and Buses" (fiction)
    2nd-place winner in Glimmer Train's Family Matters contest (2009)
  • "Israelis are from Atlanta, Palestinians are from Cleveland" (fiction)
    finalist in Glimmer Train's Fiction Open (2008)
  • "When My Body Smashed Into the Sidewalk" (fiction)
    nominated for Million Writers Award (2008)
  • "Blue" (fiction)
    finalist in Narrative Magazine's Love Story contest (2008)
  • "Dogs and Dolphins" (non-fiction)
    second place in Soul Shelter's First Person Essay Contest (2008)
  • "The Ivy's" (fiction)
    finalist in Glimmer Train's Family Matters contest (2008)
  • "Sapna" (fiction)
    finalist in Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction contest (2006)
  • "Blue" (fiction)
    won the Wordstock 500-word fiction contest (2005)
  • "Questions" (fiction)
    finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers (2001)