Awards and Recognition
- Selected as one of the Ten Favorite Books of 2022 by Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews--"The Grand Sex Tour Murders."
- One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Short Story Collections and Books of 2020--"Foreign Affairs"
- Finalist and Honorable Mention--Rainbow Award for "Yeled Tov" (2018-19)
- Fellowship--Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residency (2010)
- Finalist and Honorable Mention--Rainbow Award for "The Genealogy of Understanding" (2014)
- Finalist--American Fiction Prize, for "Mauricio Fabiano Weinstein," a short story (2009)
- Outstanding Instructor Award in Online Writing Education, UCLA Extension Writers’ Program (2006)
- First Place--John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts Literature Competition (2003)
- Finalist--ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award, for "The Limits of Pleasure," a novel (2002)
- Finalist--Unity Fest, NY, for "Bibi and Joe," a one-act play (2001)
- Finalist--Sierra Repertory Theatre’s competition, for "Private Matters," a two-act play (1996)
Press and Media Mentions
- Kirkus Reviews (Foreign Affairs: Male Tales of Lust & Love)
- Kirkus Reviews (Yeled Tov)
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
- Jewish Book Council (Jewish Gentle)
- Edge Boston (Jewish Gentle)
- Kirkus Reviews (With Signs and Wonders)
- Ha'aretz (With Signs and Wonders)
- Interpoezia (Here Comes the Messiah!)
