Books
- In an Uncharted Country, linked stories (Press 53, 2009)
- What the Zhang Boys Know, novel in stories (Press 53, 2012)
- Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet – Volume I (Press 53, 2014), Editor
- Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet – Volume II (Press 53, 2016), Editor
- Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet – Volume III (Press 53, 2018), Editor
- The Shaman of Turtle Valley, novel (Braddock Avenue Books, May 2019)
- House of the Ancients and Other Stories, (Press 53, May 2020)
- Oliver’s Travels, novel (Regal House, May 2021)
- The Last Bird of Paradise, novel (Black Rose Writing, February 2024)
Short Stories
- “The Scottish Play,” The Hopkins Review, Fall 2019, Vol. 12 No. 4
- “Pluck,” Gargoyle, No. 70, Summer 2019
- “A Fire in Winter,” Neworld Review, Vol. 12, No. 84, 2019
- “Downhill,” Cagibi, No. 3, July 2018
- “Lost in Translation,” Parhelion Literary Magazine, No. 1, April 2018
- “House of the Ancients,” Redux #241, August 2017
- “American Marsupial,” Bourbon Penn, No. 5, September 2012
- “The Year of the Rooster,” r.kv.ry, July 2012
- “Cousin Barnaby is Dead,” Joyland, May 2012
- “A Hole in the Wall,” Bellevue Literary Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2012
- “The Shrine to His Ancestors,” Prime Mincer, Vol. 1, No. 3, Winter 2011
- “The Replacement Wife,” Blackbird, Fall 2011, Vol. 10 No. 2
- “The Face in the Window,” Valparaiso Fiction Review, Winter 2011, Vol. 1 No. 1
- “In Hoan Kiem Lake,” Northville Review, March 2011
- “Last Lilacs,” FRiGG Magazine, Fall 2010
- “Justice Inc.,” Los Angeles Review, Vol. 7, Spring 2010
- “Artoyen’s Razor,” Tampa Review, Number 40, Fall/Winter 2010
- “Counterpoint,” Wisconsin Review, Vol. 43, No. 2, Spring 2009
- “Savage Source,” Ashé Journal, 8.1, Spring 2009
- “Hunger,” Cream City Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2009
- “In the Palace of Cortés,” Per Contra, Winter 2009
- “Headlong,” The Binnacle Fall 2008
- “Papel Picado,” Quick Fiction, No. 14, Fall 2008
- “House of the Ancients,” RE:AL Vol. 33, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2008
- “Adjunct,” Predicate, July 2008
- “The Nymph and the Woodsman,” Whitefish Review, Summer 2008
- “No Sudden Moves,” Right Hand Pointing, No. 21, June 2008
- “Last Call,” Bound Off, February 2008
- “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Wedding,” Monkeybicycle, October 2007
- “Heading for Home,” The Baltimore Review, Winter/Spring 2006; Ray’s Road Review, Summer 2007
- “The Ox,” The Binnacle, 2007 Ultra-short Competition
- “Peace Talks,” The Beat, June 2007
- “Nicky, Natalia,” Potomac Review, No. 42, Fall 2007
- “Nanking Mansion,” GSU Review Spring/Summer 2007
- “The Pet Palace,” Storyglossia, No. 21, July 2007
- “The White Swan,” The Hub, December 2007
- “The Learned Lama,” Six Little Things, Number 5, Winter 2007
- “The Clattering of Bones,” Timber Creek Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2004; R-KV-R-Y, Vol. II, No. IV, Summer 2006
- “Tornado Weather,” The Binnacle, 2006 Ultra-short Competition
- “Flood, 1978,” The Circle Magazine, Issue 30, Summer 2004; Eureka Literary Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 2, Spring 2005; Ray’s Road Review, Spring 2007
- “Saving Melissa,” The Ledge, No. 30, Fall-Winter 2007
- “Stonewall,” Confluence 2006
- “In an Uncharted Country,” RE:AL, Vol. 31, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2006
- “Ride on Bald Rock Hill,” The Beat, April 2005
- “Hand-painted Angel,” Bellowing Ark, Vol. 21, No. 1, January/February 2005
- “Leviathan,” North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4, Fall 2004; R.KV.R.Y, Winter 2008
Essays and Reviews
- Review of Parade: A Novel by Rachel Cusk, Washington Independent Review of Books, June 2024
- Review of The Curators by Maggie Nye, Southern Review of Books, June 2024
- Review of Dog on Fire, Terese Svoboda, Southern Review of Books, March 2023
- Review of Briefly, A Delicious Life, Nell Stevens, New York Journal of Books, July 2022
- Review of Sleepwalk, Dan Chaon, New York Journal of Books, May 2022
- Review of Perpetual West, Mesha Marren, New York Journal of Books, January 2022
- Review of A Husband and Wife are One Satan, Jeff Fearnside, Peace Corps Worldwide, January 2022
- Review of Lemon, Kwon Yeo-sun, New York Journal of Books, October 2021
- Review of Bewilderment, Richard Powers, New York Journal of Books, September 2021
- Review of Pride of Eden, Taylor Brown, Southern Review of Books, September 2021
- Review of If or When I Call, Will Johnson, Southern Review of Books, September 2021
- Review of Morningside Heights, Joshua Henkin, New York Journal of Books, July 2021
- Review of Foregone, Russell Banks, Southern Review of Books, May 2021
- Review of The Big Baby Crime Spree, Darrin Doyle, Southern Review of Books, March 2021
- Review of If I Had Two Wings, Randall Kenan, Southern Review of Books, December 2020
- Review of The Magpie’s Return, Curtis Smith, Southern Review of Books, August 2020.
- Interview with David James Poissant, Southern Review of Books, July 2020
- Review of The House on Fripp Island, Rebecca Kauffman, Southern Review of Books, July 2020
- Review of Untold Night and Day, Bae Suah, New York Journal of Books, May 2020
- Review of Friend, Paek Nam-nyong, New York Journal of Books, April 2020
- Review of Blue Hours, Daphne Kalotay, Consequences Magazine, November 2019
- Review of Inland, Tea Obreht, New York Journal of Books, October 2019
- Review of Growing Things by Paul Tremblay, Washington Independent Review of Books, July 2019
- Review of Refuge, Merilyn Simonds, New York Journal of Books
- Review of Dream of Another America, Tyler McMahon, Peace Corps Worldwide, April 2018
- Review of Happy Dreams, Jia Pingwa, Washington Independent Review of Books, October 2017
- Review of Mukho Memories: A Peace Corps/Korea Memoir, Don Haffner, Peace Corps Worldwide, August 2017
- Review of Village: A Novel, Stanley Crawford, Washington Independent Review of Books, May 2017
- Review of The Subway Stops at Bryant Park, N. West Moss, Best New Fiction, April 2017
- Review of Eveningland: Stores, Michael Knight, Washington Independent Review of Books, March 2017
- Review of The Fall of Lisa Bellow, Susan Perabo, Best New Fiction, January 2017
- Review of Stony River, Tricia Dower, Best New Fiction, December 2016
- Review of Learning to Love Kimchi, Carol MacGregor Cissel, Peace Corps Worldwide, May 2016
- Review of My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout, Best New Fiction, January 2016
- Review of Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets, Jacob Appel, Best New Fiction, December 2015
- Review of After the Parade, Lori Ostlund, Best New Fiction, September 2015
- Review of The Brink, Austin Bunn, Best New Fiction, August 2015
- Review of Red Dirt, Joe Samuel Starnes, Best New Fiction, August 2015
- Review of Communion, Curtis Smith, Prime Number Magazine, July 2015
- Review of Barefoot to Avalon: A Brother’s Story, David Payne, Prime Number Magazine, July 2015
- Review of Driving the King, Ravi Howard, Best New Fiction, May 2015
- Review of What is Visible, Kimberly Elkins, Best New Fiction, May 2015
- Review of The Dark Will End the Dark, Darrin Doyle, Best New Fiction, April 2015
- Review of Truth Poker, Mark Brazaitis, Peace Corps Worldwide, February 2015
- Review of The Poison that Purifies, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Prime Number Magazine, January 2015
- Review of Whale Man, Alan Michael Parker, The Nervous Breakdown, April 2011
- Review of Witch of Hebron, James Howard Kunstler, Transition Voice, October 2010
- Competition is Good, College Hill Review, Fall 2008
- Review of My Revolutions, Hari Kunzru – Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2008
- Interview with Mary Akers, Eclectica, Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2008
- “Going the Distance,” Opium, October 2007
- Review of The Understory, Pamela Erens – Rain Taxi, Winter 2007/2008
- Review of Male of the Species, Alex Mindt – Rain Taxi, Fall 2007
- Review of Believers, Nathan Leslie – Rain Taxi, Summer 2007
- Review of Responsible Men, Edward Schwarzschild – Shenandoah, Winter 2006
- Review of Whiskey Nipple, Doug Frelke – Rain Taxi, Summer 2006
- “Shakespeare in the Shenandoah,” Southern Arts Journal, Summer 2006
- Review of Hannah and the Mountain, Jonathan Johnson – MoorishGirl.com, January 2006
- Review of And the Word Was, Bruce Bauman – MoorishGirl.com, September 2005
- Review of Devil Talk, Daniel A. Olivas – MoorishGirl.com, November 2005
- Review of The Middle of Everything, Michelle Herman – RainTaxi.com, Fall 2005