The Art of the Ideal

Shadowboxing with the notion of a Trump presidency and my own white privilege while listening to Kendrick Lamar

Trouble is a Foreigner

On a trip to a seemingly idyllic Caribbean island, I found myself grappling with my position as a privileged tourist in…

Ring of Light

This piece is an excerpt from the manuscript of my full-length nonfiction book. As it is a sort of ruminative vignette, an eddy pool on the side of the main river of the book’s narrative, I believe it can stand alone just fine, without need of greater contextualization.

For Everything

Short fiction

Yours is a face polished by tears. I saw them once, when you told me that your little…

Down the Tube

Short fiction

Be-Bent-Boo-Boo: A Kind of Eulogy

Short fiction

Coach’s Wife

Short fiction

Pain is weakness leaving the body. That’s what my high school soccer coach always used to say…

Cinderella and the Precipice of Hope

This piece is part of a collaborative project initiated by German photographer Robert…

Looking For The Apple That Eve Bit

A short profile of The Thing — a one-of-a-kind second-hand shop in my neighborhood — and its owner…