Publications
The Daily News Wrong about Drag Shows (essay)
THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
13 November 2022
My neighborhood was devastated by Kentucky’s deadly tornado (essay)
NEWSWEEK
14 December 2021
Two People for Six-O’clock° (short story)
AESTHETICA
January 2021
We have the power to help those who see Donald Trump as their only hope (essay)
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
18 January 2021
The 45th President of the United States Announces his Nomination for the Supreme Court Vacancy Left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (satire)
MEDIUM
25 September 2020
Republicans and Democrats Discuss Candidates for President in the 21st Century (satire)
THE SATIRIST
1 March 2020
Himmel und Erde (short story)
NZURI
1 October 2019
Tigers, let’s all pitch in to help our buddy Robert Mueller! (satire)
THE HAVEN
12 November 2018
Why I Didn’t Report: I Was Assaulted by a Prep School Boy (essay)
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
19 October 2018
Brett Kavanaugh went to confession and now he’s been absolved of all his sins (satire)
THE INDEPENDENT
5 October 2018
One Attacker, Many Perps: When Disclosure Hurts Too (essay)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
4 October 2018
Arming American school teachers is a great idea, President Trump, and because I'm looking forward to it I've worked out all the practicalities for you (satire)
THE INDEPENDENT
22 February 2018
I’m watching the eclipse in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a rare town which is both pro-Trump and pro-refugees (essay)
THE INDEPENDENT
21 August 2017
What We Can Learn from the Oscars’ Fail in the Era of Trump (essay)
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
2 March 2017
Stuck in the Middle: Writing that Holds You in Suspense (an anthology of short stories, poems, and essays)
MINT HILL BOOKS
November 2016
Zoos Need to Evolve (essay)
USA TODAY
5 June 2016
To Nora Ephron (essay)
LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS
3 April 2016
You’re Really Killing Me* (short story)
2ND & CHURCH
October 2015
Sliders* (short story)
2ND & CHURCH
August 2015
You Belong to Us (memoir)
MINT HILL BOOKS
July 2015
Make the Most of Your Time in College (essay)
THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD
February 2015
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen* (essay)
2ND & CHURCH
August 2014
To Have and Have Not: Truth and Fiction in Hemingway’s Key West Home (essay)
2ND & CHURCH
August 2014
How I Became a Writer (interview)
PH.D. IN CREATIVE WRITING
August 2011
How to Survive Graduate School & Other Disasters (a collection of short stories)
MINT HILL BOOKS
August 2011
Pictures of the Day I Was Born (essay)
SILENT EMBRACE
November 2010
Commutability: Stories about the Journey from Here to There (an anthology of short stories)
MINT HILL BOOKS
August 2010
The Other Man* (short story)
XX ECCENTRIC
July 2009
Swan Song (poem)
WORD SALAD
Fall 2008
Look Away* (short story)
THE VESTAL REVIEW
July 2008
A Losing Battle (poem)
WORD SALAD
Summer 2008
For Marie Gilbert (poem)
GRAVITY HILL
May 2008
Sliders (short story)
QUIRK
December 1999
°Aesthetica creative writing award finalist
*Pushcart Prize nominee