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Journalism

“Inside the Last Men’s Hotel in Chicago”
Chicago Reader + The New Republic co-publication | 2021

“Home First”
Chicago Architect | 2021

“Amid an Eviction Moratorium, the Housing Crisis Continues in Southeast Michigan”
Belt Magazine | 2020

“The lakefront parking ban is a barrier for disabled Chicagoans who want to access the trail”
Streetsblog Chicago | 2020

“In Michigan, Long Mail Delays Could Hurt Vulnerable People”
Belt Magazine | 2020

“Give Your Money to Mary Lane”
Belt Magazine | 2020 (republished in Chicago Reader, 2020)

“Homeless Chicagoans Could Face ‘Major Fallout’ From Covid-2019”
Belt Magazine | 2020

“Interview: Margaret Cho Opens Minds Through Comedy”
Little Village | 2017

“Entirely Amelia, Entirely Her Own”
Runner’s World | 2015

“Williamston Theatre Brings Big Productions to a Small Town,”
Revue Mid-Michigan | 2012

Essays

"To Keep a Sluttish House”
The Millions | 2019

“My Brother, My Self”
Longreads | 2018

“Going Hungry at the Most Prestigious MFA in America”
Lit Hub | 2018 (excerpted in The Chronicle Review, 2019)

“The Limits of Looking: Landmarks in Iowa History and the White Gaze”
Cardinal Tales, Iowa State Special Collections and University Archives | 2018

“Learning to Swim in a Sea of Uncertainty”
Longreads | 2017

“A History of Violence: Walking the Blood-Soaked Shores of Spirit Lake”
Lit Hub | 2017

“To Do The Holding”
North American Review | 2016 (reprinted in Utne Reader, 2017)

“On Running and Street Harassment”
The Toast | 2015

“The Climb”
Story Club Magazine | 2014

Poetry

Liner Notes
Ghost City Press Micro-Chapbook Series | Summer 2017

“Mania Is a Strange Thing”
Pretty Owl Poetry | 2015

“It’s a Hit”
Consequence | 2014