selected fiction

Sebastian On the Seawall, Short Story, June 2021
Pushcart Prize Nomination

A Record Quarto Magazine, Flash Fiction, Dec 2020
Thunderdome Contest Overall Winner

translations

Incidents of Everyday Elephants by Gianna Rovere, tr. Regan Mies, the Asymptote blog, Feb 2023
Watch a recording of our reading with the PEN America Women in Translation Series, Aug 2023

Or Else It Doesn’t Work by Katharina Wulkow, tr. Regan Mies, No Man’s Land, Dec 2022

interviews

Publisher Interview: Susie Nicklin of The Indigo Press New Books in German, April 2024

Publisher Interview: Albert Eibl of Das vergessene Buch (DVB) New Books in German, March 2024

Disintegrating Worldviews: A Conversation with Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Ghost Pains Chicago Review of Books, March 2024

Translator Interview: Lucy Jones New Books in German, Dec 2023

book reviews

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, tr. Michael Hofmann Necessary Fiction, June 2023

Y/N by Esther Yi Necessary Fiction, April 2023

Blood Ties: On Vigdis Hjorth’s Is Mother Dead Cleveland Review of Books, April 2023

Body Kintsugi by Senka Marić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth Necessary Fiction, Dec 2022

The Scent of Light by Kristjana Gunnars Necessary Fiction, Sept 2022

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Necessary Fiction, May 2022

Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp, tr. Jo Heinrich Necessary Fiction, April 2022

Defenestrate by Renée Branum In the Margins, March 2022

Think Different: Tamara Shopsin’s LaserWriter II In the Margins, Nov 2021

Indeterminate Destinations: Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway In the Margins, Oct 2021

personal substack

My year in reading, 2023: The best books I’ve read over the past twelve months, Dec 2023

My 2022 reading wrap-up: The books I read & loved over the past 12 months, Dec 2022

editorial

Bwog.com

Columbia University’s Student-Run Daily News Site

On Thomas Mann: A Literary Evening With Colm Tóibín And A Columbia Faculty Panel April 2022

Tone And Terror In Translation: Megan McDowell On Latin American Horror March 2022

Unworlding With Author N.K. Jemisin: A Reading And Discussion On Race, Utopia, And Speculative Fiction Feb 2022

Breathing New Life Into The Columbia University Wind Ensemble Sept 2021

A Conversation With Bill Gates: Columbia Students Talk Climate Change Feb 2021

On Radical, Inventive Nonfiction: An Evening With Award-Winning Author Amitava Kumar Nov 2020

On Syntax And The Psychological: A Creative Writing Lecture With Author Catherine Lacey Oct 2020

On Writing And Pleasure: Zooming With Award-Winning Author And Poet Maggie Nelson Oct 2020

The Testosterone Hoax: Gender In Elite Athletics May 2019

Mental Health In Media: What Hollywood Gets Right And Wrong April 2019