  
Events
11.12.2011: Michigan Writers Roundtable, part of the Symposium on Michigan Film, Art and Literature, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 2:45-4pm
11.11.2011: Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor MI, 7pm
11.09.2011: Saline District Library, Saline MI, 7:30pm
10.27.2011: Words to Say It lecture series, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
10.23.2011: KGB Bar, New York NY, 7pm. Sunday Fiction Series, reading with Terese Svoboda
10.14.2011: BookCourt, Brooklyn NY, reading with Ryan Van Meter
09.21.2011: Michigan News Agency, Kalamazoo MI, 6:30pm
09.20.11: Arts & More, with Lorraine Caron, WMUK 102.1
09.15.2011: Schuler's Books, 3165 Alpine Avenue Northwest, Walker MI, 7pm
08.25.2011: Jonathan Bourne Public Library, Bourne MA, 6:30pm
08.22.2011: South Hadley Public Library, South Hadley MA, 6:30pm
08.10–21.2011: Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury, VT
08.04.2011: Reading at Elliott Bay Book Company with Ryan Van Meter, Seattle, WA, 7pm
07.14.2011: Reading at Literary Life Bookstore, Grand Rapids, MI, 7pm
07.10.2011: Island Bookstore, Mackinac Island, MI with Matthew Gavin Frank and L.S. Klatt, 2-3:30pm
07.07.2011: Vista Theater, Negaunee, MI, Panel with P.J. Jacokes, Shelley Russell, and Adam Schuitema with host Al Keefer, 7-9pm
07.07.2011: Country Village Bookstore, Ishpeming, MI with Ron Riekki and Adam Schuitema, 5-6pm
07.05.2011: Reading/Panel with Marty Achatz, Beverly Matherne, Ron Riekki, and Adam Schuitema at Peter White Public Library, Marquette, MI, 7-9pm
06.14.2011 WNMU-FM 90.1, interview with Stan Wright
06.13.2011: Book Launch at Cherry Bomb Reading Series in Grand Rapids, MI, Bar Divani, 7pm
04.25.2011: Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI
04.04.2011: Reading at Kenyon College, OH
02.02-05.2011: AWP Conference in Washington DC
08.15-22.2010: A summer workshop at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, MA.
06.27-07.14.2010: Travelling in Peru, where I wrote precisely nothing and read very little, but climbed to Machu Picchu.
04.13.2010: The Paris Review Spring Revel in New York City.
News
12.25.2011: San Francisco Chronicle names This Is Not Your City one of the best 100 books of 2011.
12.20.2011: This Is Not your City is one of the "Ten Favorites of 2011" over at the B3nson blog.
12.18.2011: Jeff Martin says the nicest things possible about This Is Not Your City for the Millions' Year in Reading.
11.15.2011: Thanks to Brevity for the Pushcart nomination for "A Fiction Writer Takes Off Her Shoes."
10.24.2011: I have a story in The New Yorker. I'm still speechless.
10.17.2011: I'm interviewed as the Monday Michigander here.
09.23.2011: I get to brag about someone else for a change: a guest blog post about Kelcey Parker's story collection For Sale By Owner.
08.28.2011: The Boston Globe reviews This Is Not Your City, and lists it as a "New & Recommended Book."
08.22.2011: An interview with Kate Petersen, over at The Rumpus. I mention "vampire ice cream."
08.18.2011: A new interview with Roxane Gay, at HTMLGIANT.
07.31.2011 The San Francisco Chronicle lists This Is Not Your City as a Recommended Book.
08.01.2011: This Is Not Your City is a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection for Fall 2011.
07.31.2011: This Is Not Your City is a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice.
07.31.2011: I talk about literary influences in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
07.25.2011: I'm featured on fiction writer Kelcey Parker's blog series, "How to Become a Writer."
07.12.2011: This Is Not Your City is a "New & Notable" selection at Belletrista.
07.05.2011: I'm the July Selection over at Andrew's Book Club.
06.27.2011: A guest post about This Is Not Your City for The Story Prize blog.
06.23.2011: An article in Revue, "Short Fiction That's Not Short on Skill."
06.23.2011: A thank you to Roxane Gay, of PANK magazine, for nominating This Is Not Your City as a best book by an author on the U.P. Book Tour.
05.11.2011: An interview with Bark, the Willow Springs blog.
04.06.2011: An interview with Hot Metal Bridge.
Winter 2010: I’m pleased to begin work as a new fiction associate editor for West Branch literary journal
Fall 2010: I’m the judge for Phoebe’s 2010 Winter Fiction Contest. Check out contest guidelines here.
10.05.10: Best American Short Stories 2010 has named “At the Zoo” a distinguished story of 2009.
09.30.10: My story, “Where the Air Blows Through” is up on the Huffington Post as part of 7 Days 7 Artists 7 Rings, “a living, responsive work of art created by Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker.” Thank you to them, and to the participating artists and writers.
08.18.2010: I got a mention at Venus Zine as a "Writer on the Rise."
07.01.2010: My story “The Sleep” is an Atlantic Fiction for Kindle download now available on Amazon.
04.13.2010: I'm thrilled and honored to be the winner of the 2010 Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review. Read the story, or just see the egg.
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