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Q&A in the Daily Yonder about Shelter and Storm

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Caroline Carlson interviews me about Shelter and Storm in The Daily Yonder. More

April 04, 2025

Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press

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My essay collection, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, will be published on April 22, 2025. These twelve tales of discovery invite readers to experience nature mindfully in a time of uncertainty. More

January 01, 2025

"So Near the Soil" published in The Georgia Review

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

January 01, 2024

"Safer Than Childbirth" Honored with Pushcart Special Mention

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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 anthology, Pushcart Prize XLVIII: Best of the Small Presses. More

November 11, 2023

"Night Vision" published in The American Scholar

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My essay, "Night Vision," is published in the Summer 2023 issue of The American Scholar. More

July 07, 2023

"Conjuring Nancy" on the Middle of Everywhere podcast

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Producer Ariel Lavery created an episode of her Middle of Everywhere podcast called "Conjuring Nancy" from my essay, "Safer Than Childbirth," which appeared in The American Scholar's Spring 2022 issue. More

April 04, 2023

"Wrecker" published in One Story

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

March 03, 2023

Saving the Saugatuck Dunes on the Sprouts radio show

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My radio story about many groups joining together to save the Saugatuck Dunes, a rare, sensitive wildlife area from yet another threat, aired on the Sprouts show. More

February 02, 2023

"He Was Fast...: What it’s like to get hit by an SUV" is published in the Guardian

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My essay about getting run over by an SUV in May 2021 and the plight of pedestrians was published in the November 22, 2022 issue of the Guardian. More

November 11, 2022

"Safer Than Childbirth" published in The American Scholar

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My essay, "Safer Than Childbirth," about a woman buried on my property who died of her tenth abortion, is published in The American Scholar's Spring 2022 issue. More

April 04, 2022