Avid skateboarder, David Foster Wallace devotee, and native Midwesterner, the SAIC grad-turned-Roosevelt prof made&nbsp;indie-lit waves with his 2009 coming-of-age debut, &amp;#8220;The Slide.&amp;#8221; Where are you based? I&amp;#8217;m in Logan Square along with, it seems, every single student I&amp;#8217;ve ever taught. Your novel, &amp;#8220;The Slide,&amp;#8221; came out in 2009. What have you been up to since? [...]