Essays & Poems
Essays
“How Things Work” The New York Times
“Breathing Underwater” On the Seawall
“Do Not Adjust Your Screen or Sound” Modern Love The New York Times
“Florida” The Cincinnati Review
“Just This Breath” The Sun
- Honorable Mention American Society of Journalists and Authors Crisis Coverage Awards
“Girl Underwater” The Sun
“Pedal, Pedal, Pedal” The Sun
“Shopping for Antiques, Finding My Mother” The New York Times
“I’ll Never Bother You Again” The Sun
“Fun for Everyone Involved” Brevity
“You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know” Good Housekeeping
“Becoming a Mouth” Fourth Genre
“Men and Refrigeration” New Ohio Review
“Termites” Five Points
- Notable Essay, Best American Essays
“I’ll Never Bother You Again” The Sun
- Notable Essay, Best American Essays
“Tell Me Again, Who Are You?” Alaska Quarterly Review
- Notable Essay, Best American Essays
Craft Essays
“Meaningful, Memorable, and Brief” Brevity Blog
“Structuring a Writing Life” Brevity Blog
“Write More Powerful Scenes with the Rule of Three” Brevity Blog
“True Flash” Brevity Blog
“Write what scares you (without scaring away readers)” Brevity Blog
“Unkeep a Journal to Grow Your Writing” Writer’s Digest
“Use Braiding to Layer your Story Line” Writer’s Digest
Poems
“Here I am Walking at Night in Summer” Conduit
“Meeting My Eighty-year-old Aunt at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine for Lunch" “From Michigan on Her Winter Break, My Niece” Painted Bride Quarterly
“Mother’s Day” Gettysburg Review
“Birdwatchers” Anacapa Review
- Pushcart Prize nomination
“Suburban Journal” DIAGRAM
“Inside Out” Bennington Review
“Tuesday with Oars” Bennington Review
“After the Streets Flooded” SWWIM
“Accidental Practitioners” Agni
“Every Girl Has Her Own America” Conduit
“Protection” The Adroit Journal
“Bush Gardens” Five Points
“Aubade” Southern Poetry Review
“Pool” Body
“I Swam Where Johnny Was Tarzan” The North American Review
“Woman without a Man without a Fish without a Bicycle” Field