I'm really happy to have an essay in the current issue of The Southeast Review (Vol. 34.2), among the work of many fine poets, artists, and writers of fiction and nonfiction. The Southeast Review is a literary journal run by the graduate students and a faculty advisor in the English Department at Florida State University. …
Category: Personal Essay
“Detours” named Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016!
I'm so honored and excited to announce that my essay, "Detours," which appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Literal Latte has been included as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2016, edited by Jonathan Franzen, and released this week. This series, which has been running for 30 years, features roughly 25 essays …
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“Gun-Sitting” up at Hippocampus Magazine
I'm thrilled to report that a new essay of mine, "Gun-Sitting," is up at Hippocampus Magazine, a really wonderful nonfiction journal based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and featuring writing from around the world. I offer my heartfelt thanks to founder and publisher, Donna Talarico, for getting this story out into the world. It is the first …
Essay up at The Common Online!
I am thrilled to report that my essay, "The Bodhisattva of Route 128" is now up at The Common Online. This essay was many years in the making, recalling my meeting H. Ballard Harris, a legendary figure who lived his life north of Moab, Utah, dispensing wisdom and small talk to travelers from his gas …
