Curriculum Vitae

Books

• Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American, Rowman & Littlefiled, 2022

Media Apperances

• WVOX, Almost Golden with John Mariani, Red Sauce, June 29, 2022
• Italian American Podcast, A 2-Part Exploration of How Italian Food Became American, Part 2, May 18, 2022
• Italian American Podcast, A 2-Part Exploration of How Italian Food Became American, Part 1, May 11, 2022
• KQED, Morning Edition with Alexis Madrigal, "From Red Sauce to Cioppino: How Italian Food Became synonymous with America's -- the Bay Area's -- Cuisine", May 6, 2022

Readings & Events

• Reader, Presenting "Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American," East End Books, Provincetown, MA, August 24, 2022
• Presenter, "Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American," Coffee House Club at Salmaguni, July 13, 2022
• Reader, Ditmas Lit Reading Series, May 25, 2022, Hinterlands Bar, Brooklyn
• Presenter, Presenting "Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American," with Jon Corcoran, WORD Bookstore, May 11, 2022, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Reader, Frankin Park Reading Series, May 9, 2022, Franklin Park, Brooklyn
• Panelist, American Society of Journalists and Authors, May 2, 2022, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Reader, Ditmas Lit Reading Series, February 19, 2020, Hinterlands Bar, Brooklyn
• Emcee, All Lit Up, An Evening with The Rumpus, Apogee, and Burrow Press, September 18, 2019, Nowadays, Brooklyn
• Guest Speaker, Writing for New York City Newspapers, Magazines, and Webzines, November 5, 2018, The New School, Manhattan
• Emcee, The Rumpus Presents: Beth Bachmann’s Cease, November 4, 2018, The Ace Hotel, Manhattan
• Reader, Ditmas Lit Reading Series, August 19, 2018, Hinterlands Bar, Brooklyn
• Reader, H.I.P Lit Summer Series 2018, July 10, 2018, Nowadays, Brooklyn
• Guest Speaker, Writing for New York City Newspapers, Magazines, and Webzines, July 3, 2018, The New School, Manhattan
• Guest Speaker, Writing for New York City Newspapers, Magazines, and Webzines, October 30, 2017, The New School, Manhattan
• Guest Speaker, Writing for New York City Newspapers, Magazines, and Webzines, July 17, 2017, The New School, Manhattan
• Reader, Manhattanville Reading Series, November 29, 2016, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn
• Guest Speaker, Writing for New York City Newspapers, Magazines, and Webzines, October 31, 2016, The New School, Manhattan
• Reader, The Disagreement, November 22, 2016, Hifi Bar, Brooklyn
• Co-Emcee, H.I.P. Lit and The Rumpus Present: Dark Nights, Bright Words, September 16, 2016, Be Electric Studios, Brooklyn
• Emcee, The Rumpus and Electric Literature Present: It’s Too Cold for This, December 15, 2015, Housing Works, Manhattan

Fiction

• The Lives of Paul, The Offing, 2.3.2020
• Friendr, 45th Parallel Magazine, 3.2019

• The Second Russian, Little Fiction, 9.5.2018
• Three Women, Vol 1 Brooklyn, 3.26.2018
• The Truth About Dolphins, Queen Mob's Tea House, 12.13.2016
• Trinkets, Joyland Magazine, 10.10.2016

• Fetish Classified Ads of Inanimate Objects (Archive), Electric Cereal, 3.20.2014

Publications

• Marcella Hazan, author of The Classic Italian Cook Book, Focus of New Documentary By Filmmaker Peter Miller, America Domani, 9.7.22
• The Surprising History Of Lasagna Noodles, America Domani, 8.23.22
• “Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American” – An Excerpt from the Book, Chicago Review of Books, 4.4.22
• San Gennaro: A Gastronomic Celebration of Immigrant Foods, Whetstone Journal, 3.14.2022
• An Interiew with Rachel Rear, author of Catch The Sparrow, Brooklyn Rail, 2.14.22
• We've been quarantining with our son for over 3 weeks, Parenting Insider, 1.8.21
• Don’t Wait to Make Improvements for Pedestrians, The Provincetown Independent, 9.29.21
• An Interview with Lilly Dancyger,Vol 1 Brooklyn, 11.13.2019
• An Interview with Chelsea Hodson, The Negatives, 5.29.2018
• Can a Book About Incest Be Greater Than Its Shock Value?, Electric Literature, 12.6.2017
• An interview with Dolan Morgan, The Rumpus, 5.5.2017
• Long Days Journey into Rent Stabilization, The Billfold 3.13.2014
• How To Drive A Friend To Detox, Thought Catalog, 02.08.2013
• Semi-creepy, Yiddish-speaking puppets took Manhattan a half-century before The Muppets, io9.com, 11.1.2012
• Bic Grip 4×4 Permanent Marker, The Impulsive Buy, 11.4.2004

Book Reviews

• All the Lonely People in “Reward System”, Chicago Review of Books, 7.29.22
• Review: A Short History of Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce, Graduate Association of Food Studies, 7.13.22
• Conscious Sexuality in “Ghost Lover”, Chicago Review of Books, 6.20.22
• Avalon by Nell Zink, Chicago Review of Books, 5.26.22
• Nobody Gets Out Alive by Leigh Newman, Chicago Review of Books, 4.16.22
• Jerks by Sara Lippmann, Chicago Review of Books, 3.24.22
• Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu, Chicago Review of Books, 2.3.22
• Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding, Chicago Review of Books, 12.8.21
• Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever, Chicago Review of Books, 9.27.21
• Prepare Her by Genevieve Plunkett, Chicago Review of Books, 7.19.21
• Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis, Southern Review of Books, 7.13.21
• Objects of Desire by Clare Sestanovich, Chicago Review of Books, 6.29.2021
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace, Chicago Review of Books, 5.4.2021
• Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki, Chicago Review of Books, 4.21.2021
• Sarahland by Sam Cohen, Chicago Review of Books, 3.17.2021
• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, Chicago Review of Books, 2.17.2021
• Kink, Edited R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, Chicago Review of Books, 2.10.2021
• The Effort by Claire Holroyde, Chicago Review of Books, 1.15.2021
• The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans, Chicago Review of Books, 11.16.2020
• Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, Chicago Review of Books, 10.15.2020
• The Sprawl by Jason Diamond, Chicago Reiew of Books, 8.26.2020
• Kings County by David Goodwillie, Chicago Review of Books, 7.29.2020
• Collective Gravities by Chloe N. Clark, Trampset, 6.8.2020
• All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Chicago Review of Books, 5.6.2020
• You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South, Chicago Review of Books, 3.18.2020
• Costalegre by Courtney Maum, The Rumpus, 3.4.2020
• An Interview with Nicholas Mancusi, The Rumpus, 1.3.2020
• Not Everyone is Special by Josh Denslow, Fiction Advocate, 5.16.2019
• Lost Children Archive by Valerie Luiselli, Chicago Review of Books, 4.16.2019
• Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval, Chicago Review of Books, 11.14.2018
• Little Disasters by Randall Klein, Chicago Review of Books, 6.20.2018
• A Good Day for Seppuku by Kate Braverman, The Rumpus, 3.21.2018
• Star Witness by Joe Meno, Fiction Advocate, 10.4.2017
• Touch by Courtney Maum, The Rumpus, 6.15.2017
• Culdesac by Robert Repino, The Rumpus, 2.14.2017
• Nicotine by Nell Zink, The Rumpus, 10.24.2016
• Loner by Teddy Wayne, The Rumpus, 9.13.2016
• Modern Lovers by Emma Straub, The Rumpus, 5.26.2016
• American Housewife by Helen Ellis, The Rumpus, 3.8.2016

Columns

• Notable Online (Weekly), The Rumpus, 2020-2022
• Notable NYC (Weekly) The Rumpus, 2013-2020
• This Week in Indie Bookstores, (Weekly), The Rumpus, 2015-2022