Pub Day for Amnesia of June Bugs!

It’s official! Amnesia of June Bugs is now out there in the world! I really can’t wrap my mind around that fact, least of all because for so much of my life, this novel has been inside my head, contained in my thoughts, stuck in the fortress of my heart, and sentenced to the prison of Word document. If you’ve been reading my blog, then you know I submitted a version of this novel to the Kaya Press editorial board back in 2015 after having worked with the smart and savvy Sunyoung Lee for two years on all the things the board wanted us to change (which we did dutifully). And while I was totally gutted after the second and final rejection, I’m happy now to see this novel reaching its audience at a moment in time when I think readers are craving complex, non-reductive narratives about BIPOC characters and their unique navigation of reality in this world. So, do yourself a favor and grab yourself a copy if you haven’t already! My debut novel will do the rest!

Today is Pub Day for Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments

The Day has Come!

I’m a late bloomer when it comes to publishing. Most of my friends already have one or more books out in the world because they’re talented and hardworking, but the day has finally come for me. It’s PUB DAY for Counterfactual Love Stores & Other Experiments at long last! I’ve been dreaming about this day since I started writing fiction seriously in college, since my first workshop in my late 20s, since my MFA and my PhD programs, I’ve been waiting for my own day & it’s finally here. It almost doesn’t feel real, except that my body wouldn’t let me sleep more than six hours, even after I took Ashwaganda and melotonin. Guess I should I have smoked instead.

If you know me, you know that I’ve been working tirelessly on this manuscript for well over a decade. Closer to sixteen years, but who’s counting? So, to see this manuscript finally emerge into this world is really huge deal to me. I hope that you feel that way too.