Writer
FEATURED WORK
Below is a small selection of featured work.
Books
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What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better,
stories, forthcoming from Cornerstone Press: University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, October 15, 2023. Semi-finalist for 2020 New American Fiction Prize; longlisted for C&R Press 2020 Awards. Available for pre-order.
Fiction
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"Swingset Bird," Pithead Chapel, March 1, 2025.
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​"O Say Can You See," The Pinch, January 27, 2025.
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"Never Gone," BULL, November 5, 2024.
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"Scare the Shit Out of Everybody," Little Patuxent Review, Summer 2024. Listen to an excerpt.
Book Reviews and Interviews
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"Review of Amy Stuber's 'Sad Grownups,'" Another Chicago Magazine, December 10, 2024.
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"I'll Give You a Reason, Annell Lopez," Jody Hobbs Hesler, Necessary Fiction, July 8, 2024.
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"Book Review: We Are A Teeming Wilderness, Shena McAuliffe," Necessary Fiction, June 12, 2023.
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"Review of Rebecca Bernard's 'Our Sister Who Will Not Die,'" Another Chicago Magazine, June 1, 2023.
Without You Here,
forthcoming from Flexible Press: Minneapolis, November 2024.
Essays
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"Jody Hobbs Hesler's Playlist for Her Novel 'Without You Here,'" Largehearted Boy, September 12, 2024
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"How to Balance Different Points of View in Your Novel," Writer's Digest," September 10, 2024.
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"Whose Story Is It? 8 Novels That Belong to More Than One Character," Electric Literature, September 10, 2024.
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"The Dollmaker: Why You Should Have Read This Book Long Before Now," South 85, Spring/Summer 2023.
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"A Red-Headed Stepchild Reflects on Rejection," Atticus Review blog post, August 13, 2022.
Regional Interest Editing and Writing
