ESSAYS YOU CAN READ ONLINE

—from learning Spanish to hazmat suits to why I love paper.

1.   “Why Kat Von D Moved to Indiana’s Weirdest Town.” Indianapolis Monthly magazine, March 2022.

2. “Zoe Laverne is the Tok of the Town,” Indianapolis Monthly magazine, March 2021.

3. “Endurance Test,” Indianapolis Monthly magazine, May 2020.

4. “I Last Smoked Pot Three Decades Ago. In the Interest of Journalism, I Decided to Give It Another Try,” Indianapolis Monthly magazine, March 2019.

5. “The Dinner Party: When Things Go Wrong,” September 2019.

6. “Summer Complaints.” Down East Magazine, June, 2013.

7. “A Spiritual Journey of 43 Steps.” The Mountain Gazette, August, 2011.

8. “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” The Normal School, Fall, 2010.

9. “The Country I Came From.” Wag’s Revue, Summer 2009.

10. “Step onto the Ferry, and Summer Begins.” The New York Times, August, 2008.

11. “Learning Spanish: A Tense Undertaking.” The New York Times, May 4, 2003.