Published Writing
“Speaking to Men at Parties,” The Rumpus (June 2023)
There are moments when the light passes just right over the high point of someone’s cheekbone and I imagine my whole life as it would have been in a different universe, tracing the events of this imaginary life from that spot on their face to my death.
“Atrophy of the Author: In Fanfiction, Writers and Readers Are On More Equal Ground,” Catapult (July 2020)
I didn’t invent the characters, but by reading the novel, I had a hand in conjuring them in my own mind where they were then free to roam, untethered by plot lines or visual representations.
“Variation on ‘Storm on the Sea of Galilee,’” Barrelhouse (May 2019)
It's impossible to say who exactly the thieves were, or if the empty frames miss their masterpieces, or whether Rembrandt only painted the ocean once because it frightened him or because it bored him.
“Marjorie Simpson Will Have Her Revenge on Springfield,” 12th Street (March 2019)
Marge always ends up back in the same spot as where she began, idly considering the corn-patterned curtains as she washes the dishes.
“Birdcalls,’” Eleven and a Half (Spring 2018)
oh, louise, how we luxuriate in our derision. how gorgeous it is to create art with the selfishness of a man. why not take their names, the way they have always taken our bodies?