| 2010-2011 | Teaching-Writing Fellow, University of Iowa Writers Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa
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| 2011-2013 | Wallace Stegner Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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| 2012 | Whiting Writers Award, Whiting Foundation, New York, NY
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| since 2013 | Jones Lecturer in Fiction, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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| 2013 | publication of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
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| 2013 | Nominee for National Book Award for A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
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| 2014 | National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award for A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
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| 2014 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Fiction
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| 2014 | California Book Award
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| 2014 | Barnes and Noble Discover Award |
