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Short Girls was published by Viking Penguin (and in the UK by Penguin/Fig Tree) in 2009 (paperback in 2010). The audio version is available at AudioBookStand and on Amazon.
Short Girls received a 2010 American Book Award in fiction.
Short Girls received the 2010 Friends of American Writers Award in fiction.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner was selected as the 2009-2010 "one book, one state" Great Michigan Read. It was also selected as an all-area Read Along the Lakeshore in Holland and Muskegon, MI; as an all-county read in Coldwater, MI; as the all-campus read at Madonna University in Livonia, MI; and as the all-first-year read at Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner was named a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book as well as a finalist for the Asian American Literature Award.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner was named a Michigan Notable Book.
Chicago Tribune: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among Best Books of 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-071215-bestbooks,0,5883431,full.story
Christian Science Monitor: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among "The 2007 Books We Liked Best": http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1204/p15s01-bogn.html
Saveur Magazine: Stealing Buddha's Dinner among Top Ten Reads of 2007: http://www.saveur.com/techniques/cookbook-reviews/top-ten-reads-21017489.html
Stealing Buddha's Dinner was a Book Sense pick in 2007.
Some Recent Readings & Events
January 13-16, 2011: Key West (FL) Literary Seminar panels: The Hungry Muse
November 20, 2010: Council on English Leadership, National Council of Teachers of English, Orland FL
September 21, 2010: PEN/Faulkner Annual Gala, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
Stealing Buddha's Dinner features on Radio/TV
"All Things Considered" on NPR
Essay, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer