“All considerations of language, of ideas, of symbols and metaphors serve only one function: to convey the soul of a living being to the soul of other living beings and in that process break us out of our isolation and loneliness and put us in touch with the universal spirit.”

—Floyd Salas, writer/boxer

My literary fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Uno Kudo Vol. 4, and other publications. I was a finalist for the PEN USA 2015 Emerging Voices Fellowship, and I work as the Associate Fiction Editor for The Nervous Breakdown.

If you’re curious about my favorite books, work that has influenced me, and visual inspiration for my stories, here are my Pinterest boards.

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