Essays & Stories
Short Stories—Magazines
- “Ghost Story” One Teen Story
- “How to Tell A Story” Zoetrope: All Story
- “My Mother’s First Lover” The Atlantic
- “The Healthy Heart” Five Chapters
- “How to Survive a Funeral” San Diego Union Tribune
- “Ghost Story” One Story
- “Fortune” Shenandoah
- “Museum” New England Review
- “Anima” Book Magazine
- “Seduce Me” Seventeen
- “Are You Alone Tonight?” Jaberwock Review
- “How to Find Love” Glimmer Train Stories
- “Black Humor” Seventeen
- “Tapenade” The Sun
- “Farmer Girls” Bridges
- “Lox” Chicago Review
- “World History” American Fiction
- “Hospital Food” Seventeen
- “Pumpernickel” Witness
- “Love At Work” Chat
- “Shanah Tovah” broadcast on National Public Radio’s The Sound of Writing










Journalism & Book Reviews










Short Stories—Anthologies
- “How to Find Love” Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood New York: Simon & Schuster
- “How to Tell A Story” Zoetrope II New York: Harcourt
- “How to Tell A Story” New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best
- “My Mother’s First Lover” Best New American Voices
- “World History” American Fiction, 9th Edition
- “Alibi” Who Done It? New York: Simon & Schuster










Prizes & Honors
- A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
- A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
- A Bank Street Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
- A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
- American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults for Kissing in America
- Amelia Bloomer Project List of Recommended Feminist Literature for Kissing in America
- An Oprah Summer Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
- A Spirit of Texas Selection for Kissing in America
- A TAYSHAS High School Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
- A Junior Library Guild Selection for Kissing in America
- An Amazon Best Book of the Month for Kissing in America
- An Amazon Best Young Adult Summer Read for Kissing in America
- Lila Wallace Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony
- Teddy Book Award for Best Novel for Cures for Heartbreak
- Booklist Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
- Kirkus Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
- Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Cures for Heartbreak
- Booksense Pick for Cures for Heartbreak
- ALA Quick Pick for Missing Persons
- Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor for Missing Persons
- Grand Prize, Zoetrope Fiction Contest for “How to Tell A Story”
- First prize, The Atlantic Monthly Fiction Contest for “My Mother’s First Lover”
- First prize, American Fiction for “World History”
- Third Prize, Glimmer Train Stories Short Story Award for New Writers
- PEN/Syndicated Fiction Project Award for “Shanah Tovah”




