Selected Essays
One Word, Spectrum Literary Journal, vol. 68, June, 2025 (print only)
limbo, sneaker wave magazine, June 22, 2025
Secret Words, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, January 2024
Broken Glass, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, January 2023
Unpacking Mom, Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Fall 2022
Fear of Infinity, Please See Me, April 22, 2022
Capturing the Final Moments of Pregnancy in a Picture, Motherwell, August, 2021
A Coyote in the Midst, The Coachella Review, Winter 2020
Old John, eMerge Magazine, Summer 2020
Brevity Blog Essays
Quiet Writing: Start with an Everyday Moment, April 23, 2025
A Few Kind Words, November 2,2024
Chasing Narrative Arc--One Writer's Path to Totality, April 24, 2024
What Columbo Taught Me About Writing Essays, March 27, 2024
You Always Remember Your First, April 5, 2022
Exploring the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence in Creative Nonfiction Writing, February 1, 2023
What Do I Call This? How to Title a Personal Essay, September 2, 2021
Tomato Ready: Publishing, Patience and Pleasant Surprises, June 29, 2021
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