Oct 2, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
Honored to have a new essay appearing in the Spring 2026 issue of The Cincinnati Review, chosen by Guest Literary Nonfiction Editor David...
Jul 2, 2024 | Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
Rolf Potts — author of VAGABONDING and other bestselling books on travel — interviewed me for his Travel Writers series. An excerpt: “What is the biggest reward of life as a travel writer? I’ll offer three. Never regretting any travel you’ve done or will do....
Apr 12, 2024 | Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
Delighted to share this episode of the Great New American Essays podcast. River Teeth editors Jill Christman and Mark Neely discuss their nonfiction lit mag’s editorial vision and highlight two essays from the most recent issue—including my “Notes on...
Dec 20, 2023 | Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
A new essay, “Notes on Glamour, Edie, and Me,” appears in River Teeth (Issue 25.1, December 2023). This piece of creative nonfiction is driven by my teenage fascination with Edie Sedgwick and the opening question: “Do we outgrow the obsessions of our...
Sep 29, 2023 | Best American Essays, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
“Matter” is cited as a distinguished essay of the year in Best American Essays 2023. First published in The Smart Set, “Matter” is my fourth essay to appear on the Best American Essays Notable list, selected by Series Editor Robert...
Oct 12, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction, Essays, News
Featured on Litquake 2022’s Place as Portal to Prose panel with Ann Harleman, Katie Flynn, and moderator Tania Malik for the San Francisco literary festival’s Craft and the Creative Life series. “Setting is intrinsic to story and we often hear the...
