A little something from the way back machine...Andrew McCarthy reading Tod's short story "Simplify" at Literary Stages a million years ago.

Tod wrote a bit about...pickles. And immigration. But mostly about pickles. All in the latest issue of Palm Springs Life Magazine. If you grew up in Palm Springs, you grew [...]

Tod was recently interviewed by The Millions on the evolution of literary criticism in the era of podcasts: Goldberg says that when he and his co-hosts are recording “Literary Disco,” [...]

The House of Secrets topped bestseller lists all summer long...and now it's back, in handy paperback form! You can get it from any of your favorite booksellers. But in case [...]

Tod wrote an essay for the Desert Sun about the year that was 2016: What had we become? What was there left to say? Who, in their right mind, would [...]

Tod has a new essay in Angels Flight Literary West, The Royal Plaza Inn. Here's a snippet: It’s 1981 and we’re on vacation with a man named Hank and his daughter, Alex. [...]