Stories & Essays

Favorites

"What Seed-Saving Can Teach Us About The End of the World" Orion

"The Hunt For Wonder Drugs at the North Pole" The Atlantic

"What's Left Behind" The Believer

"Special Experience" Lapham's Quarterly

"The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet" Longreads

By Publication

The Atlantic
"The Hunt For Wonder Drugs at the North Pole" 

 The Believer
"What’s Left Behind"
"App: Ovia Pregnancy Tracker”

Broadly
"Writing to Live: How To Weigh the Benefits of a No-Benefits Teaching Job"

Catapult
"It Comes in Threes: Superstition, Rituals and Action in 2020"
"'Mad, Wicked, or Both': Women Seeking the South Pole"
"Disfiguration: How to Locate the Soul in Your New Face"

Columbia Journal Online
"Deep Secrets"

 Grist
"Cooling Season: New York City has set out to protect people - and the planet - from the deadliest disaster: Heat"

Jenny
"I Always Wanted a Sibling—And Then, One for my Daughter"

 Lapham's Quarterly
"Special Experience"

Lenny Letter
“Scales Too Large, Dorsal Rays Too Few”

Longreads
“The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet”

Munchies
“Instagram Cooking Videos Soothed My Morning Sickness”

Narratively
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great White Shark"

National Geographic
"Invasive Green Crabs: If You Can’t Beat Them, Eat Them”

Orion
"What Seed-Saving Can Teach Us About The End of the World"

Reasons to be Cheerful
"‘Take it down and They’ll Return’: The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River"

SeattleMet
"Can a Video Game Prepare Us for the Big One?"

Sierra Magazine
"How to Unbury a Whale"
"How to Garden for the Coming Disasters"
"What to Do When a Plant Is Invasive But Also Serves a Purpose" "Hope Floats in Maine"

Slate
"How Plane Spotting is Getting Me Through the Pandemic”

VICE
"Hundreds of Mormons Reenacted the Book of Mormon in Upstate New York Last Week"

Wilson Quarterly
"Gathering Storm: The Coast Salish nations are divided by the U.S./Canada border. Can they unite to protect the sea that bears their name?”

Wired
"Who are Instagram’s Infertility Influencers Really Helping?”

Criticism & Reviews