BOOKS
HANDS: Stories (Cornerstone Press, publishes April 14, 2026)
Hands
What happens if hard work doesn’t pay off and dreams don’t come true? Do bad times last forever? Illuminating a degenerate immigrant experience littered with hope and failure, Hands interrogates the contradiction between the lofty ideals of assimilating in America and the brutal comedy of the journey.
Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The Pen America Dau Prize | Taxi
Best Debut
Taxi first appeared in the Midwest Review and was selected as one of the best debuts of 2021 by PEN America. | Purchase the anthology. | A Conversation about the story and anthology.
WRITING
Fiction
Stranded in the Dunes (Southern Humanities Review, 2025)
The Astrologer (The Masters Review: Summer Short Story Award Shortlist, 2023)
Tony and Jim's (Southern Humanities Review, 2022)
Dinner Party (Great River Review, 2021)
Taxi - Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize (Catapult, 2021)
Taxi - (Midwest Review, 2020)
Non-Fiction
You'll Understand When You're Older (Palooka, 2024)
Disappearing Language: A Reading List on Losing Your Native Tongue (Longreads, 2/24/22)
In 1990; Butler, Pennsylvania (Catapult, 11/16/21)
Professional Wrestling Was the Language I Shared With My Dad (Electric Literature, 2/17/21)
