Recent Interviews

Posted on 15. Jan, 2011 by Scott.

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I’ve recently done interviews for the blogs of two terrific new journals. Here’s one about writing in general with John Walker at Trachodon: http://www.cheekteethblog.com/2011/01/angle-of-vision-conversation-with-scott.html#more. And another with Shane Oshetski of Camera Obscura about my story “Backfill”: http://www.obscurajournal.com/aperture/.

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Essay in The Writer’s Chronicle

Posted on 18. Nov, 2010 by Scott.

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My essay, “What About the Suffering?: The Quiet Power of Minor Characters” is in the December 2010 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle. In it, I discuss the varied roles of minor characters in short fiction, examining in particular “A Trip to the Grundelsee” by David Malouf and “Three Years” by Chekhov. If you’re a member of AWP, you can read it here: http://elink.awpwriter.org/m/awpChron/articles/snadelson01.lasso.

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“Oslo” named distinguished story in Best American

Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by Scott.

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My story, “Oslo,” which first appeared in upstreet Vol. 5, was named by the editors of Best American Short Stories as one of the distinguished stories of 2009. In other words, I’ve made it to the back of the book!

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Ploughshares!

Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by Scott.

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My story “Dolph Schayes’s Broken Arm” is in the spring 2010 issue of Ploughshares, edited by Pulitzer-Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Check it out: www.pshares.org. I’m right next to Joyce Carol Oates!

I’ll also be a weekly guest contributor to the Ploughshares blog from mid-April through late June. You can read my posts here: http://blog.emerson.edu/ploughshares/.

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“Saab” in Cimarron Review

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Scott.

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Look for my story “Saab” in the Winter 2010 issue of Cimarron Review: http://cimarronreview.okstate.edu/.

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“The Next Scott Nadelson” in Post Road

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Scott.

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Look for my essay “The Next Scott Nadelson” in Post Road 18, just released this week. I’m really proud of this piece, which is about suffering, hope, and living in the shadow of Philip Roth. You can order a copy here: http://www.postroadmag.com/purchase.phtml.

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New book, September 2011

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Scott.

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Look for my new story collection, Aftermath, from Hawthorne Books, coming September 2011.

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“If You Needed Me” in new Alaska Quarterly Review

Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Scott.

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My new story is in the Fall/Winter 2009 Alaska Quarterly Review: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/aqr/26_3and4.cfm.

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