Personal Essays

“Coyotes,” Forthcoming in Ecotone

“On That Date,” Under the Gum Tree, Issue 53: Fall 2024

“The Bully and the Believer,” Pangyrus, January 2024

“Us Too: A Reckoning,” Pembroke Magazine, Issue 55

“The Give and Take of Gratitude,” Mount Hope Magazine, Spring 2023

“My Father, the Mercenary,” The Good Men Project, June 2022

“The Great Bear Run,” Creative Nonfiction Sunday Short Reads, March 2021

“Trying to Get Pregnant Is a Lot Like Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest,” Kveller, November 2019

“Define Motherhood,” Compilation On Parenting article in The Washington Post, May 2019

“Eggs,” Dos Passos Review, 2010 

 

Race & Culture Essays

“Telling a Different Story: How to Cultivate Inclusivity at Literary Magazines”
Poets & Writers Magazine, November/December 2018

“Wading Through the Whitestream: A Conversation About Writing & Publishing When You’re Not White,” Creative Nonfiction, Fall 2018

 

Short Fiction

“Kids, Brace Yourselves for a Post-Quarantine Existence,” The Offing, September 2020

“Corked,” Forklift, Ohio, Fall 2009

“The Expert,” elimae, 2009

“Transgenred,” Tea Party Magazine, 2008

“Never Met a Stranger,” Six Sentences, 2008

“A Day Has a Morning and a Night,” Failbetter, May 2007

 

Contests

Short Story, “That Boy,” won the Primal Tongue Contest by Meeting House (2009)

Novel excerpt received an honorable mention in the Atlantic Monthly’s Student Fiction Contest (2007)

Short Story, “Genesis: A Girl’s Story,” was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers (1998)

Other Writing

I’ve written Holiday Gift Lists for Writers and more generally about literary magazines in blogs, including Jane Friedman, Grub Writes, The Review Review, and Authors Publish.