Adam Straus
BIO
Adam Straus is a Marine veteran. The author of Remedial Action (University of Nevada Press, 2027), his work has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, The Hopkins Review, HAD, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Best Small Fictions 2024, and elsewhere. Adam holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden. He lives in Philadelphia.
Adam has enjoyed the support of a Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Fiction at Sewanee, a Celia Baker Veteran Scholarship at Longleaf, and a Paul Radin Veteran Scholarship from the Community of Writers Summer Workshop.
Contact: adamstraus29@gmail.com
SELECTED FICTION
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Pete Pete's Putt Putt Palace - The Missouri Review (BLAST)
Motorcycle Pope - The Iowa Review. Runner-up, 2022 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award
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Slap Messenger - Maudlin House
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Teaching a Young David Petraeus About War - HAD​​
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Kill Chain - Rappahannock Review
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Three Ways Out - trampset. Best Small Fictions 2024
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The Tearaway Warmup Pants are Key - The Los Angeles Review
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Fuck First Platoon - JMWW. Nominated, Best of the Net 2024​
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The Desert Tortoises of LA - Pithead Chapel. Nominated, Best Small Fictions 2023
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ANA Checkpoint - Wrath-Bearing Tree
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BOOK REVIEWS
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HEY YOU ASSHOLES by Kyle Seibel - Barrelhouse
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HOMELAND by Richard Beck - The Los Angeles Review of Books
FINAL ENGAGEMENT by Christopher L. Izant - Colorado Review
THE MILITIA HOUSE by John Milas - Atticus Review
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SURRENDER by Brian O'Hare - The Hopkins Review
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