I wrote about the city of Puebla’s controversial all-women taxis for the February/March issue of BUST magazine.
Check out the article here: pink-taxis-in-bust

Some news I’m excited about: I’m reading on the opening night of the Celebrate Mexico Now festival in New York City, with a reading and discussion at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU.

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Catherine Lacey recently interviewed me for literary blog HTMLgiant. We talked about approaches to writing a first novel, why fiction trumped memoir, and what happens when people think your novel’s characters are them. I divulged what I’m doing to my second book, and another no-longer-secret thing related to my last post. Check it out here.

I’m heading off to Maine for an assignment — I will post the article here when it comes out in October or November. Won’t give anything away now other than…let’s just say I’m very excited about this one.

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If you’re in the New York area, come check out some saw-it-here-first works-in-progress at the Roots & Vines Cafe (details on 2nd-draft_5_b1).

I almost can’t believe that Mexican High’s paperback release date is under two months away — where did another year go? I’m finishing up my second year in Columbia’s MFA program (where I’m concentrating in Nonfiction Writing, working on a new book that falls into said category) so between reading, writing, teaching, and working my postings seem to have fallen by the wayside. This semester I took courses from some amazing writers — Jonathan Lethem, Phillip Lopate, Shelley Jackson, and Amy Benson in particular. I’m inspired to finish a new draft by August. Let’s see if it happens…I’ll track my progress here. And so, come summer, I’ll be updating this site and blog more often.

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The Guadalajara Reporter’s review of Mexican High