Writing

Recent Publications

”Ten Years Sober,” an essay about recovery, gratitude, goals, and light cycles. Published in The Sun, July 2022.

“Research Notes: Golden Heart Parade,” a brief essay about how I tried very hard to write a novel, but it ended up just being a 4,500-word story. Published at Necessary Fiction in September 2021.

“Smoky Water Elegy,” an essay about a steel truss bridge in Clarke County, Mississippi, where four Black farmhands were lynched in 1918 and two Black teenagers were lynched in 1942. Published in J Journal: New Writing on Justice, Spring 2020.

“Highway to Hades,” an essay about a half marathon set on a rural road near the town of Leland, Mississippi. Published in Valley Voices, Spring 2020.

“Love Running,” an essay about marathon training and heartache. Published in The Sun , March 2019.

“Love, Concisely: Revisiting Mary Robison’s Subtraction,” a 25-year retrospective on Robison’s landmark minimalist novel. Published at The Millions, July 2016.

Full list of publications available on my curriculum vitae. Please contact me if you’d like to pitch a nonfiction project. My areas of interest are running, recovery, book reviews, and jam band music.