LITERARY
- “How to Breathe in Deep Space.“ Prairie Schooner. Summer 2017.
- “Writing the Midwest.“ Vol. 1 Brooklyn: October 2016.
- “Sea, Stars, Salt Lake.” The Believer: January 2015.
- “Cicada, Snail Shell, Origin.” Passages North: Writers on Writing Series, September 2014.
- “The Astronomer’s Guide to Solace.“ Freerange Nonfiction: October 1, 2012; Reprinted in Central Park West Magazine, Issue #48, November 2012.
- “My Body, My Machine.” The Rumpus: August 10, 2012.
- “A Review of My Favorite Librarian.” Knee-Jerk Magazine 6: December 2009.
- “Memories of Grandpa, Made Whole Again.” The Washington Post: January 28, 2008.
RECENT ARTICLES
- “Surveillance, Satire and the Female Body.” Electric Literature: July 3, 2017.
- “Correspondent’s Course: High School for Adults.“ Tin House Open Bar: October 4, 2016.
- “Dead Poet Society: The Strange Tale of St. Louis’ Real-Life Ghost Writer.” The Riverfront Times: October 29, 2014 (Print Cover Story).
- “In the Dark and the Gloom: Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.“ Electric Literature: An Essay In Conversation with Matt Bell, October 17, 2014.
- “10 Essential Coming-Of-Age Novels for Adults.” Huffington Post: October 3, 2014.
RECENT BOOK REVIEWS
- “From Ruins to Redemption: On Building Back Beyond Disaster.” A Review of Matt Bell’s Scrapper, Claire Vaye Watkins’ Gold Fame Citrus, and Jill Talbot’s The Way We Weren’t. Feature Review, Pleiades 32.2, Summer 2016.
- “Whispering Racism in a Post-Racial World.“ A Review of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout. The Cincinnati Review 12.2, Winter 2016.