The Latest

My latest article in The Progressive describes how a broad coalition of groups persisted for years to block a marina that would have devastated part of Michigan's Saugatuck Dunes.

My essay, "So Near the Soil," about farming ambitions and disillusionment, appears in the Winter 2023 issue of The Georgia Review. 

My essay, "Safer Than Childbirth," published in the Spring 2022 issue of The American Scholar and republished in The Guardian in July 2022, is honored with a special mention in the recently released anthology, Pushcart Prize XLVIII: Best of the Small Presses.

My essay about being run over by an SUV and pedestrian safety, which originally appeared in the Guardian, is republished in condensed form and with helpful graphics in the July-August 2023 issue of Reader's Digest.

I was lucky to live for many years in a rural town that had a Dark Skies ordinance. That offered a great view of the Milky Way and inspired my essay, "Night Vision," published in the Summer 2023 issue of The American Scholar.

My short story, "Wrecker," which editor Will Allison calls "a quiet masterpiece," appears in the February 2023 issue of One Story.

My essay about getting run over by an SUV and the plight of pedestrians appears here in the Guardian.