MFA, University of Notre Dame. PhD (in process), University of Pennsylvania. Author of Sink, a memoir (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer (Grand Central Publishing, 2024); and the forthcoming story collection Leviathan Beach (Grand Central, 2025). His writing has been published in The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Dilettante Army, and The New York Times Book Review. His honors include the 2020 Chautauqua Janus Prize and fellowships from Kimbilio, VONA, Tin House, and Bread Loaf. Thomas also teaches courses in Black studies, poetics, queer theory, video games, and more at The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. SLC, 2024–