Essays
Photo of wetlands near Newburyport, MA, courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Reading at “Truth and Reconciliation,” Why There Are Words Portland (video)
- When People Ask Me If My Novel Is True, Read Her Like an Open Book
- We Always Spoke of our Love in Metaphors. But Symbols Couldn’t Sustain our Marriage, The Washington Post
- The NRA is Backing Terrorism, Salon
- An Oregon Teacher’s Letter to Lawmakers: We Don’t Need Your Prayers, We Need Your Courage, Salon
- Breaking Up With My Book, English Kills Review
- To the Doctor Who Reported Me to Child Protective Services, The Offing
- “I Get Touched A Lot”: Why I Decided to Pay for Cuddling, Salon
- How to Build a Fence, Full Grown People
- In Defense of Rejection, English Kills Review
- Confessions of a Facebook Mom, Cleaver Magazine