I write about being alive in the world, as honestly as I'm able.
I have an MFA in Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and I live in the land of blue hills and bluestockings, Boston, Massachusetts.
Long live the essay!

"An Account" forthcoming from Open Space by the North American Review
"La Mer, Ma Mère" Gigantic Sequins Summer 2025
"My husband was bitten by a rat"
Boston Globe | Opinion August 18, 2025
"That Old House: I Can Never Own My Perfect Home"
Electric Literature May 2025
"One Mixed Dozen" Eclectica. Jul. 2024 and forthcoming in
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025
"Third Person" BLAST by the Missouri Review Feb. 2024
"Pretty Cheap" Ilanot Review: Money. May 2023
"War" Cartridge Lit. March 2022
"Maximalism" Meat For Tea, vol. 15, no. 2, 2021
Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2022
"Underground City" NoWhere. May 2018
"Literacy Narrative: La Casa Del Rosa" Entropy. March 2018
"Child of Noon and Midnight" Talking Writing. November 2014
I've taught a variety of undergraduate creative writing and composition courses, including at Saint Anselm College and Boston College.
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