Los Angeles Review of Books Interview for CLS&OE

I talked with my talented, generous, and smart friend and fellow fiction writer, classmate, colleague, and Midwesterner writer in exile, Bryan Hurt about a ton of shit: Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments, grad school, living and studying in LA, workshop at USC, exploring the counterfactual reality of Los Angeles, nostalgia, mixed-race identity in the Midwest, writing from the outside, the role and mission of experimental writing, and the value of pyrotechnical syntax on the page, among other things, for the Los Angeles Review of Books. If you have a second, please read this interview, which will definitely be one of the most interesting ones you’ll read this month. I promise.

Juked Interview for Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments

I had a fantastic conversation with the talented and astute writer, Ashley Farmer, about my short story collection, Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments over at Juked. If you have a moment, it’s an engaging read I think.

Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments is the #2 Amazon Hot Release!

Yo, it’s not very often I can say this, but today I became an Asian poet! At least, that’s what Amazon thinks about Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments, which is included as a new release in Asian Poetry. But even more shocking, CLS&OE is ranked #2! At least for now (7 October 2021 at 11:41 PST). How the fuck did this happen? And why is this book labeled poetry? I mean, there’s some bomb lyricism in this book. There are some dope turns of phrases too. But it would never have occurred to me to label this book as poetry. But you know what, I don’t fucking care. I’m gonna roll with it. Anything that might help me find new readers and draw attention to my books I’m gonna support, so thank you, Amazon, for giving just a tiny bit of attention to this book of mine! I really appreciate it.

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.

The Love, Amnesia, & Dream Tour Poster (2021-2023) is Now Available!

Well, one of the things I longed for the most after I realized that I would have 3 books coming out in the span of nine months (which is every bit of a logistical nightmare as you can imagine, but also a beautiful problem to have if we’re being totally honest), was a poster for my book tour for the next two years. I wanted a tour or a “tour” or both in order to connect the three separate books (and genres) together. I also wanted a poster to graphically situate, connect, and unify my three books while also giving something to people like me who crave tangibility, especially tangible art and literary merchandise.

So, while this poster was conceptually created by me, it was completely designed, imagined, and realized by Aaron Draplin, who is an artistic genius. I’m so in love with this poster I’m about to frame it myself and hang it in my office. I might also consider raffling one or two free copies of this poster once Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments is out in the world.

Cover Reveal for Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments

Available Now for Pre-Order

Well, the day has finally come! My debut short story collection, COUNTERFACTUAL LOVE STORIES & OTHER EXPERIMENTS, officially has a cover at long last, which I absolutely love. Many thanks, much praise, and love to the badass skills of Alban Fischer, the illustrator for creating this gorgeous cover. Even more exciting, and hard for me to fathom here, you can now order my book in the Noemi Press catalog. So, please do me a huge favor and order your copy today. I’ll lit love you forever!