The Disappearance of Miranda Željko online at Five Chapters →
A new story, “The Disappearance of Miranda Željko,” is up online at Five Chapters – in five easy, bite-sized pieces, so as not to overtax the brain!
A new story, “The Disappearance of Miranda Željko,” is up online at Five Chapters – in five easy, bite-sized pieces, so as not to overtax the brain!
“Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart” has been chosen for the second volume of Best New Stories from the Midwest, out later this year.
My story “Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart,” originally in Tin House, has been selected by Geraldine Brooks for The Best American Short Stories 2011 – that’s four in a row, but no, it’s not the record. Irwin Shaw is the man to beat, apparently, with seven in a row back in the sixties. Irwin Shaw is going down.
The Borrower will be an Indie Next List pick for June!
“Makkai takes risks in her sharp, often witty text… Smart, literate and refreshingly unsentimental.”
