I am honored to have been inducted to the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters along with fourteen other Texas writers. Congratulations to all the new inductees. It’s an honor to be in such stellar company.

The TIL’s membership consists of the state’s most respected writers – including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Academy Award, Americas Award, International Latino Book Award, Lambda Literary Award, MacArthur Fellowship, and Guggenheim Fellowship. Membership is based on ongoing and exceptional literary accomplishment.