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 Los Angeles Review of Books, HAD, Best Small Fictions 2024, and elsewhere. Adam holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife.
Adam has enjoyed the support of a Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Fiction at Sewanee, a Celia Baker Veteran Scholarship at Longleaf, a residency at VCCA, and a Paul Radin Veteran Scholarship from the Community of Writers Summer Workshop.
Contact: adamstraus29@gmail.com
SELECTED FICTION
Building 2667 - Iron Horse Literary Review (forthcoming). Winner, 2026 IHLR Long Story
Pete Pete's Putt Putt Palace - The Missouri Review (BLAST)
Motorcycle Pope - The Iowa Review. Runner-up, 2022 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award
Wednesday Night Wiener Fights - The Forge
Interview re: Wednesday Night Wiener Fights
Slap Messenger - Maudlin House
Teaching a Young David Petraeus About War - HAD
Kill Chain - Rappahannock Review
Three Ways Out - trampset. Best Small Fictions 2024
Fuck First Platoon - JMWW. Nominated, Best of the Net 2024
The Tearaway Warmup Pants are Key - The Los Angeles Review
The Desert Tortoises of LA - Pithead Chapel. Nominated, Best Small Fictions 2023
BOOK REVIEWS
DOWN TIME by Andrew Martin - Los Angeles Review of Books
HEY YOU ASSHOLES by Kyle Seibel - Barrelhouse
HOMELAND by Richard Beck - Los Angeles Review of Books
FINAL ENGAGEMENT by Christopher L. Izant - Colorado Review
THE MILITIA HOUSE by John Milas - Atticus Review
SURRENDER by Brian O'Hare - The Hopkins Review