FORTHCOMING MAY 2022

My new essay collection, The Sum of Her Parts, will be coming out from University of Georgia Press this May! I would love it if you pre-ordered a copy, which you can do here to get it directly from the press (or here to get it from Amazon). Pre-orders really help a book, showing there are genuinely people who care enough about it to support it with their money and attention, which helps the books in countless ways. I’m grateful for each any every one who buys a copy at any time, but these early copies are especially meaningful. ❤️

New Story!

My story “The Win-Loss Columns” is now out in the latest issue of the Colorado Review. It features a working mom, Jerry Springer, a Golden Retriever, failed Pinterest cupcakes, and the 1998 Jordan/Russell foul in the NBA Finals, and honestly, I’m really proud of this story and hope you all dig it.

Fractured Lit Contest

I'm delighted to say that I've been asked to judge this year's micro fiction contest for FRACTURED LIT. There's $4,000 in prize money on the line, so send me some cool stuff!

https://fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/170692/the-fractured-lit-micro-fiction-prize-4-000-judged-by-sian-griffiths

Anthologies, Publications, and March Badness

Lots of updates! Here’s the quick run down—

Recently, I was thrilled to learn that my story “An Imaginary Number,” which first appeared in Monkeybicyle, was selected by Michael Martone (!!!) for Best Microfiction 2020!

In related news, “The Key Bearer’s Parents,” which first appeared in American Short Fiction, is included in the new anthology, Teacher Voice.

I was stoked to see my essay “Ankle” in Issue 9 of Pithead Chapel, and my poem “California, or Something to Do with the West” in the last Epoch.

Please vote for my essay on Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” in the upcoming March Badness competition! There are other essay publications in the works as well, which I will post to Twitter (@borrowedhorses) as they appear.

7x7 Legislating Bodies

I’m deeply grateful to the editors of 7x7 journal, who invited me to submit a piece for their Legislating Bodies issue, which is dedicated to confronting this administration’s assault on bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.

I wrote about an experience that opened my eyes to the hate and homophobia around me and has haunted me ever since. My essay, “Idaho, 1994” is now live, and you can read it here. I hope you enjoy it.

Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl

If you happen to be in Reno, Nevada on Saturday, Sept 14, 2019, I too will be there as a part of the This Side of the Divide reading. We’ll be reading at the Old World Coffee Shop (104 California Ave) at 2:30 that afternoon.

Full schedule here: https://www.nevadahumanities.org/literarycrawl

Some New Stuff

I’ve got a new super quickie fiction called '“Imaginary Number” over at Monkeybicycle. I make a cameo as a parent down the hall. If you can get your hands on a copy of the Mid-American Review, also check out my story “You Were Raised by a Dragon,” which was the runner up in their Fineline Competition. Both these stories will be in my collection The Drum, Like the Heart, Keeps Faulty Time.

On a totally different note, if you want to hear about my fears about teaching JoAnn Beard’s “The Fourth State of Matter” and how I found a pedagogical approach that worked for me and my students, check out my essay “Teaching the Pen Breakers” over at Assay Journal.

SCRAPPLE, forthcoming 2020!

Today, I’m thrilled to announce the biggest news: I’ve just signed the contract to publish my second novel. Scrapple will be forthcoming from Braddock Ave Books in 2020, which means I’ll be promoting two books that year. I'm starting to think about where to read and everyone I hope to see along the way. Watch this space!