News

• I’ll be signing HOPE HOUSE at Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg on Wednesday, July 22 at 4 p.m.

• Poets & Writers names HOPE HOUSE one of the best debuts of the summer

• Essay with backstory on HOPE HOUSE published by The Paris Review

• Reading with Kayla Rae Whitaker (RETURNS & EXCHANGES) at Institute 193 in Lexington, KY on Monday, June 29 at 6 p.m.

• I’ll be signing copies of HOPE HOUSE on Sunday, June 28 at 11 a.m. at Roebling Books in Newport, KY

• HOPE HOUSE Book Launch May 19 at Octavia Books in New Orleans

• Orange County Register adds HOPE HOUSE to spring must-reads

• U.K. (Penguin/Fig Tree) cover reveal

• Debutiful named HOPE HOUSE one of the most anticipated debuts of 2026

• U.S. (Hub City) cover reveal

• People published an excerpt from HOPE HOUSE

• HOPE HOUSE will be part of Hub City’s Cold Mountain Fund Series in 2026

• “Damico” won The Masters Review Short Story Award