y first published piece of fiction, "The Things that Get You," won Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award in the winter of 2000-2001 and appeared in Issue 42 (Spring 2002). Another short piece, "A Push-Reel Mower's Rumination on Mowing the Lawn in the Gas-Powered Age," appeared on McSweeney's Internet Tendency in the summer of 2006.

My first novel, Spaceman Blues: A Love Song, came out from Tor Books in 2007. Click here to read the first chapter.

My second novel, Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America, is due out in October 2008, also from Tor Books.

I am represented by Cameron McClure at the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

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Spaceman Blues Media

Here, the writer rocks Spaceman Blues, backed up by excellent musicians.

Here is an interview about Spaceman Blues on the Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC (the New York affiliate of NPR), August 7, 2007.

Here is a longer interview, about Spaceman Blues and other topics, on the Bat Segundo Show, hosted by Mr. Segundo, September 13, 2007.

Here is an even longer interview with myself and my editor, Liz Gorinsky, also about Spaceman Blues and other topics, on Hour of the Wolf, hosted by Jim Freund, WBAI, August 11, 2007.

Here, the writer fields Jason Boog's Five Easy Questions at The Publishing Spot.

Here, the writer takes the Page 69 Test, courtesy of Marshal Zeringue.

Here is an interview with Brad Lockwood at the plucky Brooklyn Eagle.