Recent work and news: "A writer apologized to me - 23 years later. A 'waterfall' of memories ensued" The Los Angeles Times "On Outscoring My Father" The New Yorker "A Sense of Where He's Been" The New Yorker "Ugly Donald, From Queens" N+1 "Pandemic Playgrounds"
*** Seduction Theory "Touching and often funny... graced by elegant turns of phrase, a fresh way with metaphor and real insight. Brilliantly captures the great expectations and recurring ambivalence of youth." -- New York Times Book Review "A touching collection of stories about love in the city... (an) exceptionally memorable... spirited collection." -- Time Magazine *** The Sleep-Over Artist A New York Times Notable Book. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2000. "Captures perfectly the myriad stages of fear
"Smart, funny, interesting..." --Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post