 A short excerpt from the novel was published in "The New Yorker" magazine's "20 under 40" issue.She was Writer-in-Residence at the Tulane University English Department Creative Writing Program during the Fall 2007 semester.She became the Lurie Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing (joining the ranks of Simon Winchester, Ishmael Reed, James D. Houston, Molly Giles, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Kelman, Al Young, Sandra M. Gilbert, and Carolyn Kizer) at San Jose State University during the Spring 2008 semester.