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Talking Writing, an online magazine for writers, has posted an interview with Michael about his writing process, fame (or the lack thereof), and the question of motivation.

The Paternity Test has been named a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

The Advocate includes The Paternity Test on its list of five Lambda Literary Award finalists that should be 'at the top of your must-read list.'.

Weekly, the Jewish newspaper of the Bay Area, reviews The Paternity Test alongside The Mothers, by Jennifer Gilmore - who attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School with Michael in the 1980's.

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute's online magazine, 614 HBI, features an interview with Michael in their 'Fiction Favorites' issue.

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The Boston Globe features Michael in their series of New England Writers at Work.Michael has published a brand-new essay at The Rumpus.Michael is thrilled to have been named a Finalist for the 2016 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Fiction/Creative Nonfiction.It's on sale for $1.99, and will also soon be available on Amazon and BN.com. Michael's essay about playing trumpet with the avant-garde jazz legend Sun Ra has just been published as an e-book by Ploughshares magazine.Michael's Sun Ra essay is now available on Amazon.Many thanks to Yael Goldstein Love, Jennifer 8 Lee, and the other folks at Plympton, who selected these stories, and to the editors of Tin House, The Rumpus, and Witness, where these pieces were originally published. Three of Michael's shorter works (two personal essays and a short story) have just been released as audio books on -the very first audio editions of any of his work! You can listen to excerpts and buy the audio books here: You Don't See The Other Person Looking Back, Used-car Salesman, and Ordinary Pain.The story is set on an island in Brazil, a setting inspired by his time at the Sacatar Institute in Bahia. Michael has a new short story, 'Thieves,' in the online magazine Guernica.* * The essay is published as a stand-alone mini magazine, available for $3 and sent through the mail.(For anyone familiar with Michael's novel AVOIDANCE, this piece tells some of the real story behind-and beyond-the fiction.) The publisher's description: In the wake of a sex-abuse scandal at an all-boys’ summer camp, an openly gay alum returns as a “guest-star counselor.” But then, he finds himself not only a role model but also the object of an adolescent camper’s crush. Michael's memoir 'Unmolested' appears in TRUE STORY, an offshoot of Creative Nonfiction magazine.Michael's short story 'Uncle Kent' appears in the Spring 2018 issue of The Louisville Review.For those who prefer e-reading, Michael's memoir 'Unmolested' is now available in a Kindle edition.The Paternity Test, Michael's 2012 novel, is being released today, for the first time, in a paperback edition! Check out the new cover design!.The book will be available on March 23, 2021.The official publication date has been set for Michael's fifth book, a short story collection called Sex with Strangers.Thanks to Jeremy John Parker for his fantastic design. The Rumpus is running an exclusive 'cover reveal' for Sex with Strangers, including commentary from Michael and from Jennifer Conn, art director at the University of Wisconsin Press.In these searing stories, the gulf between who we think we are and who we become when gripped by desire is ever widening.' The first review for Sex with Strangers is in! Kirkus says, 'Lowenthal's latest collection simmer with fearless honesty.Brandon Taylor has written a review of Sex with Strangers in Sunday's New York Times Book Review: 'brilliant writing and stunning details.'.LitHub includes Sex with Strangers on a great list of '14 New Books You Can't Wait to Get Your Hands On.'.The Boston Globe's 'Story Behind the Book' column features Michael and Sex with Strangers.They talk about Sex with Strangers and a variety of topics including global inequality, the nature of disappointment, and the evolution of the gay rights movement over the past several decades. Leland Cheuk's interview with Michael is in the Los Angeles Review of Books.Brooklyn, Hurley Winkler interviews Michael about 'Painful Aloneness and Painful Togetherness.' The Provincetown Independent has published a profile of Michael, discussing his exploration of 'the nexus of love, loneliness, and desire.'.

In fulfillment of one of Michael's lifelong goals, his work has been cited in a word definition in the American Heritage Dictionary.

For Largehearted Boy's long-running 'Book Notes' series, Michael has compiled a music playlist to accompany Sex with Strangers.

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