A curated selection of my published work from around the web and beyond. These pieces have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and online platforms, offering a sample of my voice and interests as shared with a wider audience.
“Hey, I thought you said rocking is bad?”
The rocking is bad. That’s what I’m conditioned to believe, and what I tell my kid when she’s gone into hour three or four of sitting in her room rocking over and over and over.
In 1986, the 99th U.S. Congress pased the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act. I was too young to know what any of it meant but I felt the outcry and anger in the community, and I sensed the fear that permeated. I grew up hearing it called the "fucking Gorge Act" by all but a few.
She’s just another kid among the hundreds they have to shuffle throughout the year. Walking down the junior high hallways with headphones clamped firmly in place, avoiding contact by hugging the walls
