“Ruminating on extinction, under the slanted tutelage of my child, felt like a responsible thing to do.”
Essays & Criticism
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A Year in Reading: Inward Journeys
Navigating a world in flux demands some understanding of who you really are, and some of my favorite pieces from this year speak to that need.
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Finding Worth Among the Echoes
Faded music dreams, a fledgling family farm, and a search for new definitions of work and success.
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My Name Is a Mountain
On language, belonging, and embracing the different versions of ourselves.
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Flying Solo
On self-love and self-acceptance while aging in a disabled body.
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Poets in the Machine
Why does the literary world still hold online writing at arm’s length?
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I Think I’m Going to Be Sick
The ride technology at amusement parks has become more sophisticated. For ride-goers prone to motion sickness, the outcome can be messy.
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When We Are Afraid
On teaching in a red state, the silences in our history lessons, and all I never learned about my hometown.
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How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps
A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.