BA, SUNY—Buffalo State College
MA, University of London (Queen Mary & Westfield College)
MFA, Brooklyn College
PhD, Binghamton University
20th century American literature; fiction writing
Books
Buffalo Lockjaw (Hyperion Books, 2009)
Anthologies
Best American Nonrequired Reading (Houghton Mifflin, 2007)
Journals
Barrelhouse, failbetter.com, Fiction International, Hobart, Literal Latte, McSweeney's, Open City, Opium Magazine, Other Voices, Pindeldyboz, SmokeLong Quarterly, Swink, The Southern Review, The Sun, thieves jargon, Unsaid, Yankee Pot Roast
2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Award awarded to Buffalo Lockjaw, which also was voted No. 1 in The Believer's Reader Survey 2010