Publications

Books

  • The Home Jar, a collection of stories, Switchgrass Books, forthcoming April 2013.
  • Lucky Strike, a novel, Unbridled Books, 2005.
  • The Metal Shredders, a novel, BlueHen Books (PenguinPutnam), 2002.
  • The People I Know, collection of short stories, University of Georgia Press, 1990.
    Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
    Winner of the Ohioana Library Association Award.

Stories

  • Man in Circles,” Kenyon Review Online, spring 2013.
  • “White’s Lake,” Five Points, 2012, vol. 14, no. 3.
  • “The Strep Climber,” Spittoon, Winter 2011, vol.1, issue 2.
  • “The Home Jar,” Prairie Schooner, fall 2011, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 107-116.
  • “Nothing,” The Kenyon Review, online May 2009.
  • “After Lunch, Prairie Schooner, winter 2007, Vol 81, No. 4.
  • “Prix Fixe,” Glimmer Train, fall 2003, Issue 48.
  • “Metal Shredders excerpt,” Salamander, 2003, Vol. 8, No. 2. 
  • “Vantage Point,” Arts & Letters, fall 2002, Issue 8.
  • “Ada,” The Journal, autumn/winter 2002.
  • “Digging the Hole,” New England Review, vol. 22, no. 3, summer 2001.
  • “Squeeze Box,” Story Quarterly, fall 2001.
  • “What I Learned About Auto Racing,” Antioch Review, fall 2000, Vol. 58, No. 4.
  • “A Modified Cylinder,” River Styx, 59/59, 25th Anniversary Issue, 2000-2001.
  • “Souls in Reverse,” A.C.M., No. 37, fall 2000.
  • “Blip in a Limo,” Natural Bridge, Vol. 2, No. 1, winter 2000.
  • “Somewhere Inside the Courthouse,” Story Quarterly, fall ‘99, 35th anniversary issue.
  • “Stealing the Llama Farm,” The Kenyon Review, spring 1999, Vol. XXI, No. 2.
  • “Welcome to Furgus,” The Journal, fall 1998, Vol. 22.2.
  • “Nicole Dreams,” Nerve (Nervemag.com), October 1998.
  • "Feeding the Stick," Kenyon Review, Vol. XIX, No. 2, spring 1997.
  • "Death of a Junk Peddler," Witness, Vol. X, No. 2, 1996.
  • "Swimming in the Dark," Missouri Review, Vol. XIX, Number 2, fall 1996.
  • "La Fée Verte," Gettysburg Review, spring 1995.
  • "August," Mississippi Valley Review,  spring 1994, Vol. XXIII, No. 2.
  • "Late May," The Journal, winter 1991, Vol. 14, No. 2.
  • "Cosmetic Surgery," The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, (reprint), Aug. 19, 1990.
  • "Morning at the Beach," Columbia, The Magazine of Columbia University, fall 1990.
  • "A Minor Fatality," Black Warrior Review, fall 1989, Vol. 16, No. 1.
  • "Extended Interview," Alaska Quarterly Review, fall & winter ‘88, Vol. 7, Nos. 1 & 2.
  • "Final Weeks," Hawaii Review, spring 1988, Issue #23, Vol. 12, No. 1.
  • "Accident," Wind, 1986, Vol. 16, N. 56.
  • "House in Progress," Story Quarterly, 1985, #20, 10th Anniversary Issue.
  • "Cosmetic Surgery," Black Warrior Review, fall 1985, Vol. 12, No. 1.
  • "The People I Know," Black Warrior Review, spring 1985, Vol. 11, No. 2.

Anthologized Stories

  • Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award: A 30th Anniversary Anthology: The Recent Years (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction), a collection of stories edited by Nancy Zafris, University of Georgia Press, 2013.
  • “Is This Really Andre Dubus?” Andre Dubus Tributes, edited by Donald Anderson, Xavier Review Press, 2001.
  • “Death of a Junk Peddler,” in Working Lives, edited by Larry Smith and Bonnie Jo Campbell, Bottom Dog Press, fall 2000.
  • "The People I Know," in Did my Mama Like to Dance? And Other Stories About Mothers and Daughters, edited by Geeta Kothari, Avon Press, 1994.
  • "The Metal Shredders,"in The Flannery O'Connor Award, Selected Stories, edited by Charles East, Univ. of Georgia Press, 1992.
  • "The People I Know," in Into the Silence, edited by Andre Dubus, Green Street Press ‘88.
  • “So Now You Know,” Micro_: Fictions for the New Millenium, forthcoming.

Poetry

  • “Hazel,” “No One Hears,” The Gettysburg Review, summer 2013

Screenplays (with writing partner Nicola Dixon)

  • Fender Bender, Winner, Best Feature Comedy, West Field Productions, 2012.
  • For Sale, Quarter-Finalist, Page International Screenplay Awards, 2012
  • Or Best Offer, Semi-finalist, Pride Films and Play, 2011.
  • State Flower, forthcoming

Nonfiction/Reviews/Interviews

  • Interview, “Craft,” Propeller, April 2013.
  • Interview, “The Aha! Moment,” Poets & Writers, May 2013.
  • Interview, The Journal Online, spring 2013.
  • The 100th Percentile”; NER Online, winter 2012.
  • “Occupants Unknown,” New England Review, Vol. 32, No. 2 /2011, pp. 108-138.
  • “Remembering Andre Dubus,” Story Quarterly, fall ‘99, 35th anniversary issue