Press
AWARDS
2022 Lambda Literary Finalist in Fiction, Lambda Literary
Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist, New Literary Project
Best Author Kristen Arnett 2021, Miami New Times
Felt in the Jaw
Stories and Slurpees, The New York Times
Mostly Dead Things
4 Writers to Watch This Summer, The New York Times
These Two Really Funny Debuts Both Start With a Dead Body, The New York Times
‘Mostly Dead Things,’ a Story of Taxidermy, Love and Grief, With Echoes of Past Literary Heroines, The New York Times
Taxidermy is a Metaphor For Our Time, The New Yorker
Kristen Arnett Reimagines Taxidermy as a Queer Art Form, Vanity Fair
Macabre And Irreverent, 'Mostly Dead Things' Is A Satisfying Journey, NPR
On Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett, Kenyon Review
‘Mostly Dead Things’ captures the humor and strangeness of Florida without the easy stereotypes, The Washington Post
Mostly Dead Things is very Florida, very gay, and very good, Entertainment Weekly
Loneliness, Resurrection, and Taxidermy: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett, Los Angeles Review of Books
Kristen Arnett on the Butch Women Who Inspired Her, The Cut
WItH TEETH
Kristen Arnett’s With Teeth Sinks In, Vanity Fair
Kristen Arnett’s New Novel, With Teeth, Is a Beautiful, Startling Demystification of Queer Family, VOGUE
Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ gives voice to a parent’s darkest thoughts, Washington Post
Kristen Arnett's queer family drama 'With Teeth' is unafraid and un-put-down-able, USA Today
With Teeth: A Darkly Comical Story That Will Sink Deep Into Your Psyche, POPSUGAR
In With Teeth, Kristen Arnett Focuses on Messy Queers and Dysfunctional Relationships, Miami New Times
A Perfect Marriage: Uniting Form and Function in “With Teeth”, Chicago Review of Books
A LOVE THAT LEAVES SCARS: WITH TEETH BY KRISTEN ARNETT, The Rumpus
Kristen Arnett Gets Her Best Ideas at the Bar, INTERVIEW
Shelf Life: Kristen Arnett, ELLE
On Knowing Where To Start, The Creative Independent
Kristen Arnett’s “With Teeth” Packs a Huge Bite, Bitch Media
Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ Bites Back, Shondaland
Kristen Arnett on “With Teeth,” Lesbian Motherhood, and Sagittarius Chaos, Autostraddle
Lesbian Domestic: Kristen Arnett Interviewed by Leigh Hopkins, BOMB Magazine
THE PEN TEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH KRISTEN ARNETT, PEN America
Flawed, but Believable: Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ Poses Interesting Questions about Identity, Family, and Societal Expectations, Southern Review of Books