Essays

Creative Nonfiction

Of hazing, football stadiums, and the Lifting & Spanking Machine:

“If Your Dreams Don’t Scare You.” The Georgia Review, Fall 2021.

In which I read a little bit from my essay about moviemaking, Quonset huts, and Jack Nicholson, “And Shelter Cannot Help Us,” as part of Western Carolina University’s Spring Literary Festival, April 2020:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZXkOy3c48

Of abandoned textile mills, weeks of rain, and Led Zeppelin:

“Warp and Weft.” Places. May 2015.

It was hot that day, but everyone was glad we had made the trip:

“Ten Years You Own It: The Salton Sea.” Terrain. 3. August 2013.

 Let’s think about ways in which Buddy Holly, hula hoops, and the atomic bomb speak to each other:

“Damn Cold in February: Buddy Holly and the A-bomb.” DIAGRAM 12.1. February 012.

In which I get to interview Gunnar Nelson the day after Valentine’s:

“Nelson: (I Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection.” March Shredness. March 2018.

 In which I explore treasure maps of places that never existed:

“Should You Venture Here Alone.” (The Map is Not the) Territory. November 2017.

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Craft Essays

When do I want to listen to REM? Always:

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It: thee Nonfiction of the Apocalypse.” Essay Daily.

 Life’s a tale that can’t be told. My freedom I hold dear:

Of Best American Essays, Annie Dillard, and the road:

“The Traveler: An Essay and a Playlist.” Essay Daily.

Of tiny plastic Presidents, whoopee cushions, and giveaway yardsticks from the Minnesota State Fair:

CRAP: Wendy A. Woloson, a review. DIAGRAM.