T. C. Boyle is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Blue Skies (Liveright, 2023), The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, The Terranauts, Talk to Me, and I Walk Between the Raindrops. Known for his exploration of the joys, sorrows, and misguided appetites of baby boomers, Boyle has been compared to Mark Twain for his mixture of humor and social insight. He has received many literary honors, including a National Book Award nomination for Drop City. He teaches in the English department at the University of Southern California.
Photograph by Jamieson Fry.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Maneater, a short story, in Spring 2024
- They Were Like Jewelry, a novel excerpt, in Spring 2023
- Big Mary, a short story, in Spring 2022
- Talk to Me, a short story, in Spring 2021
- The Session, a novel excerpt, in Winter 2019
- Are We Not Men?, a narrative outloud - video, in Spring 2018
- Warrior Jesus, a short story, in Fall 2017
- She’s the Bomb, a short story, in Fall 2017
- Dawn Chapman, a novel excerpt, in Fall 2016
- You Don’t Miss Your Water (’Til the Well Runs Dry), a short story, in Winter 2015
- She Wasn’t Soft, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2012–2013
- Marantha, a novel excerpt, in Fall 2012
- Faithless, a novel excerpt, in Winter 2009
- Letters to a Young Writer, a feature, in Fall 2008
- Shorty’s Paradise, a short story, in Spring 2004
- All the Wrecks I’ve Crawled Out Of, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2009–2010