Essays

• “There is No Metaphor Here.” Guernica. June 2021.
• “Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?” Literary Hub. May 2019.
• “Turtleshells.” Miracle Monocle. April 2019.
• “Killer Whales.” The Rumpus. December 2018.
• “The Male Gaze.” Catapult. April 2018.
• “No Girls Allowed.” Fairy Tale Review. February 2018.
• “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.