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Aug 17, 2024
The Washington Post
In the 1990s, these books cracked the world open
Aug 17, 2024
The Washington Post
Guest column by Alejandro Varela
Aug 17, 2024
The Washington Post
Jul 11, 2024
The Believer
Resurrector: The Phantom Menace
Jul 11, 2024
The Believer
Jul 11, 2024
The Believer
Aug 7, 2023
Guernica
Hecho en El Salvador
Aug 7, 2023
Guernica
What's won and lost — but mostly lost — in globalization.
Aug 7, 2023
Guernica
Apr 6, 2023
Literary Hub
All the bullets were made in my country
Apr 6, 2023
Literary Hub
Apr 6, 2023
Literary Hub
Apr 3, 2023
The Yale Review
Grand Openings
Apr 3, 2023
The Yale Review
Apr 3, 2023
The Yale Review
Mar 29, 2023
The Caretakers
Mar 29, 2023
Mar 29, 2023
Mar 18, 2023
The Hopkins Review
The Six Times of Alan
Mar 18, 2023
The Hopkins Review
Mar 18, 2023
The Hopkins Review
Oct 14, 2022
Catapult
The Disappearance of Guy
Oct 14, 2022
Catapult
Oct 14, 2022
Catapult
Jul 18, 2022
The Georgia Review
Peterloo
Jul 18, 2022
The Georgia Review
Jul 18, 2022
The Georgia Review
Mar 29, 2022
Literary Hub
When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life
Mar 29, 2022
Literary Hub
Mar 29, 2022
Literary Hub
Mar 29, 2022
Largehearted Boy
The Playlist
Mar 29, 2022
Largehearted Boy
Mar 29, 2022
Largehearted Boy
Mar 18, 2021
Split Lip Magazine
Taxi! (Spring)
Mar 18, 2021
Split Lip Magazine
Mar 18, 2021
Split Lip Magazine
Oct 21, 2020
The Point Magazine
Little Things Are Big Again
Oct 21, 2020
The Point Magazine
Oct 21, 2020
The Point Magazine
Mar 27, 2020
Boston Review
People Who Report More Stress
Mar 27, 2020
Boston Review
Mar 27, 2020
Boston Review
Sep 12, 2019
Harper's Magazine
Carlitos in Charge
Sep 12, 2019
Harper's Magazine
Sep 12, 2019
Harper's Magazine
Dec 12, 2018
The Rumpus
An Other Man
Dec 12, 2018
The Rumpus
Dec 12, 2018
The Rumpus
May 5, 2018
Joyland Magazine
Lottery Solidarity
May 5, 2018
Joyland Magazine
May 5, 2018
Joyland Magazine
Apr 3, 2018
The Brooklyn Rail
The Threesome (That Eventually Led to Spike Lee)
Apr 3, 2018
The Brooklyn Rail
Apr 3, 2018
The Brooklyn Rail
Sep 8, 2017
The Offing
The ABCs of Prose Wit
Sep 8, 2017
The Offing
Sep 8, 2017
The Offing
May 4, 2017
Blunderbuss Magazine
She and Her Kid and Me and Mine
May 4, 2017
Blunderbuss Magazine
May 4, 2017
Blunderbuss Magazine
Jun 14, 2016
Pariahs Anthology
Battling Tsundoku and Charlie Rose
Jun 14, 2016
Pariahs Anthology
Jun 14, 2016
Pariahs Anthology
Jul 3, 2015
Apogee Journal
Battling Tsundoku and Charlie Rose (An excerpt)
Jul 3, 2015
Apogee Journal
Jul 3, 2015
Apogee Journal
Jul 1, 2015
The Southampton Review
Crime in the 21st Century
Jul 1, 2015
The Southampton Review
Jul 1, 2015
The Southampton Review
Dec 7, 2014
The New Republic
The Best Way to Beat AIDS Isn't Drug Treatment. It's a Living Wage.
Dec 7, 2014
The New Republic
Dec 7, 2014
The New Republic