Other Writing
Short Fiction:
Liberation Square a novel excerpt from New England Review
Good at Quiet, a short story from West Branch
a short story from Narrative Magazine
a story excerpted from the novella “Ridge Weather” in Narrative Magazine
a short story from Five Chapters.
Non-Fiction:
Out of Africa, the Wisdom of a Warrior, an essay in The New York Times
The Last Jews of Cairo, an article in Guernica
One Ridge Over, an essay in Granta about the land and people upon which The New Valley is based (along with a slide show of images).
Breathing Room, an essay about compression and expansion in the craft of fiction.
Book Notes: an essay in playlist form -- a soundtrack to The New Valley.
"Beware these seemingly quiet novellas: they hit hard. Josh Weil has created devastatingly memorable characters of people rarely noticed and never loved. With remarkable skill and insight, he has located the spot in the human heart where loneliness resides. Exquisitely written, deeply felt, and haunting, The New Valley is a beautiful book."
– Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of The Scenic Route
