“Lori Ostlund’s wonderful novel After the Parade should come with a set of instructions: Be perfectly still. Listen carefully. Peer beneath every placid surface. Be alive to the possibility of wonder.” —Richard Russo, author of the Pulitzer-winning novel Empire Falls
“Ostlund’s stories are so freakishly focused and darkly atmospheric that you may find yourself especially noticing your fellow human animals’ oddities in the days after you read them, then stepping back for perspective.” –Minnesota Star Tribune
“Just Another Family” to appear in 2024 Best American Short Stories
I am beyond delighted to announce that my long short story/short novella “Just Another Family” was chosen by her and Lauren Groff for this year’s BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES. It appeared in NEW ENGLAND REVIEW in
I sold my story collection and next novel
In September 2023, I sold my completed story collection and a novel-in-progress! From the October 2023 Publisher’s Marketplace: Author of THE BIGNESS OF THE WORLD and AFTER THE PARADE Lori Ostlund‘s ARE YOU HAPPY?, a
Finalist for Simpson Family Literary Prize
I was one of 4 writers named as a finalist for the $50,000 prize, awarded to a writer in mid-career. “The Simpson Family Literary Project administers the prize with the collaboration of the Lafayette Library
I Interviewed Anne Raeff (my wife) for The Rumpus
I loved doing this interview with Anne Raeff, my wife and first reader, for The Rumpus on the eve of the release of her Flannery O’Connor Award-winning collection, The Jungle Around Us (released October 1,