January 15, 2025
Dear reader,
Joyland is back. A story of mine, “Vessel,” appeared in it yesterday, alongside stories by G. B. Yuba and Michel Nieva. You can read more about the relaunch of the magazine — and the launch of Joyland Editions, which will publish two novellas a year — here. I am grateful for the sage editorial guidance of the magazine’s editors-in-chief, Devin Kawailani Barricklow and Walker Caplan.
I am also grateful to have learned that the critic Celine Nguyen included my stories “Trying to Establish Myself as a Young Man” and “Customs / Psychological” in her best-of-2024 roundup. It’s a great roundup, and I’m honored to be included.
Finally, as promised, here is a link to the dispatch on literature in translation that I wrote for The Drift.
All best,
Angelo