Proof of Citizenship

Books, Anthologies & Other

• Anthropica (Animal Riot Press, September 1, 2020)

• L.I.E., A Novel (Random House, 2000)

• “The Naming of the Islands” in Best American Fantasy

• “The Price of Light and Air” in 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11

• Contributor to The Official Catalog of the Library of Potential Literature

• The Count: A Musical Co-wrote the libretto for a full-length musical drama, performed at several venues including the Steamer No.10 Theater in Albany, NY

Short Fiction

• “Pangaea” in Unsaid

• “If My Book…” in MonkeyBicycle

• “Verily the Jackass Gathers Oblivion and Rain” in Silent Auctions

• “Orientation” (novel excerpt from Anthropica) in The Rumpus

• “The End of the Book” in Juked

• “A Complete Picture” (novel excerpt from Anthropica) in Fence

• “Ghostwritten” in The Collagist

• “Among” in Conjunctions

• “The Oath” in [PANK]

• “Dummy” in Unsaid

• “The State of the Author” in Gulf Coast Review

• “The Forest of the Disappearing Man” in No Tokens

• “Kutya” (novel excerpt from Anthropica) in The Boiler

• “Powers of Ten” in The Collagist

• “Long Live the Author!” in Unsaid

• “Next Year” for Occupy Writers

• “A Good Human” in The Collagist

• “The Author Spots Up” in Lumina

• “A Bad Harvest” in Agni

• “Five Billion Years Will Only Seem Like Forever” in The Fiddleback

• “We Order Them on Spools by Brightness and by Warmth” in Unsaid

• “The Limits of Bioinformatics and the Problematic of Suffering: A Case Study” in Cousin Corrine’s Reminder

• “You Will Not Find Her at the Bottom of the River on Whose Shores Your Life Has Been Squandered” for Underwater New York

• “The Herald” (novel excerpt from Follow Down the Light) in Unsaid

• “Whatever Happened to Harlan” in Post Road

• “A Voice from the Cancer Ward, circa 1992” in Sleeping Fish

• “The House to Come” (novel excerpt from Follow Down the Light) in Unsaid

• “The Naming of the Islands” in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern

• “F Train” in The Brooklyn Rail

• “About the Author” in Unsaid

• “The Day After” in Failbetter

• “The Hitman’s Theme” in The Black Warrior Review

  
  
  

Nonfiction and Interviews

• “Rattling the Bars of the Cage: Fiction as an Alternative to Silence” in Lit Hub

• “How I (Barely) Survived the Abject Failure of My Debut Novel” in Lit Hub

• “Research Notes on Anthropica” in Necessary Fiction

• “Pointing Toward Truth” Interview in The Millions

• “Another Kind of Myth Making” Research notes on Anthropica, in Necessary Fiction

• “In Conversation with Parks Kugle” Interview in Lumina

• “The Rumor of the Real” Introductory Essay to Wyoming Animals, featuring the photographs of Bailey Russel

• “Blues in a Minor” in Sarah Lawrence Magazine

• “When it Comes to God, My Daughter Wants to Change the Subject” in Kveller

• “Too Smart to Eat?” in Gastronomica

• "Working for the Bird" in Storyscape Literary Journal

• “Imperative: Finding Community Outside Academia” in Poets & Writers

• “Tender Prey” in The New York Times Magazine