May 2019
GrubWrites Blog Post “In Defense of Cluelessness”
January 2019
Interview with Books & Books Key West
December 2018
Essay in Brevity, “10 Books Better Than My Brother’s”
Short Story in The Cincinnati Review, “Wires”
November 2018
Interview in Fiction Writers Review
Short Story in F(r)iction, “Hanjia”
October 2018
Ask Me Anything on Reddit
Interview in Medium
Interview with Los Angeles Review of Books China Channel.
Book Trail Author on Location – China Travel Guide Part 1 & Part 2.
August 2018
Interview with The Jewish Book Council.
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed by The Jewish Chronicle as “an ambitious first novel, taking us to a fascinating unknown world.”
July 2018
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed by the New York Times Book Review
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed by Inside Jersey Magazine
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed in The Big Issue
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed by the Jewish Book Council.
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed in Strong Words Magazine UK
June 2018
TV interview with Fox 7 in Austin, TX
Podcast with Sea Change Radio
Radio interview with 91.7FM KOOP in Austin, TX
May 2018
“Peacock and the Bell Captain” (Winner of the Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction) published online
The Emperor of Shoes featured in Narrative
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed in Publishers Weekly: “Wise skillfully depicts the interdependent yet strained relationship between Chinese factory workers and foreign capital in this revealing story.”
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed in Booklist as “a fascinating look at contemporary China, but its greatest strength is the struggle between a hard-to-please father bent on preserving what he has worked so hard to build and a son who is trying to find his own way.”
The Emperor of Shoes reviewed in Kirkus as “a fascinating look at China’s race for economic growth.”
The Emperor of Shoes profiled in Tallahassee Magazine
The Emperor of Shoes presented at the Jewish Book Council during “Meet the Author”
January 2018
The Emperor of Shoes profiled in Publishers Weekly
The Emperor of Shoes named one of Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books 2018
December 2017
2017 Gulf Coast Prize “The Peacock and the Bell Captain”
September 2017
Narrative Magazine Story of the Week “The Langham Club”
November 2013
Narrative Magazine, 2nd Place, Fall Story Contest, “The Second Worst Rug My Father’s Ever Seen”
September 2012
Narrative Magazine Story of the Week “Work”
February 2011
Hobart “Aria”
