News & Publications

Country of Under won a Next Generation Indie Book Award Grand Prize for Fiction.

Scoop Charlotte included Country of Under in its summer reading list. 

Rosalia Scalia reviewed Country of Under for Necessary Fiction. 

The Rumpus published an author interview.

Scoundrel Time published an excerpt of It’s Soulful and It’s Survival: a Conversation with Four Drag Artivists in the South.

Big Indie Books published an author interview.

Scoundrel Time published an excerpt of Country of Under.

Sarah Archer interviewed me on Charlotte Readers Podcast. 

Helen Benedict listed Country of Under as one of her five most anticipated books of 2024.

The Arts and Science Council awarded me an Artist Support Grant to fund the soft-launch of Country of Under at the 2024 AWP conference and travel and lodging for NYC book events.  

Country of Under won the 1729 Book Prize. 

An excerpt of my memoir-in-progress won the 2023 Lit/South Nonfiction Award, judged by Melissa Febos, was published in Litmosphere, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Country of Under was among the five shortlist honorees for Dzanc Books’ 2022 Prize for Fiction.

Country of Under was shortlisted for Black Lawrence Press’s 2022 Big Moose Prize.

Country of Under was the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for a Socially Engaged Novel runner-up.

An excerpt of Country of Under won the 2013 Asheville Writers’ Workshop Fiction Contest.

"Letting Go", a personal essay, was published in Marie Claire.

An interview with artist and subterranean explorer Julia Solis was published in BOMB Magazine.

“Origins” and “The Seed,” two personal essays, were published in the anthology Lost and Found: Stories from New York.

“Sanctuary”, a memoir excerpt, was published in The Hudson Review.