Casey Walker
Author and novelist with an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD in English Literature; author of Last Days in Shanghai and contributor to publications including The Common and The New York Times, and author of the forthcoming novel Mexicali.
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Apr 10, 2026 • 49min
Casey Walker, "Islands" The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
Casey Walker, novelist (Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA; forthcoming Mexicali), discusses his story “Islands” set at a tense lake house and the fraught relationships among three orphaned brothers. He recounts the story’s decade-long evolution, editorial reshaping that uncovered key scenes, and teasers about his historical novel Mexicali set on the US–Mexico border.
