Please Pardon My Language
“I was unfamiliar with the concept of profanity.”
13 pp. scroll
Published in The New Yorker.
Seeds of Diaspora
“In seeds, as in humans, trauma can be easy to trace. But there is an even more important history—that of care—which often remains invisible, yet without which we would have never survived.”
12 pp.
Published in High Country News.
2026 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award Finalist
Randy and Lee
Two friends try to keep themselves busy on a hot summer day.
40 pp.
Debuted at the 2023 ShortBox Comic Fair.
Featured in the 2023 Prague FRAME Festival.
Forthcoming in The Rumpus.
hold on
“That is one thing illness does: it brings the awareness of mortality to the surface—even, or especially, for children.”
16 pp.
Published in The Believer.
When Food is the Only Narrative We Consume
“Language and art require time to understand, but food can be eaten tonight.”
21 pp.
Published in Catapult.
This Place We Call Home
“I was constantly reminded that it didn’t belong to us.”
25 pp.
Published in Narrative Magazine.
Second place prize for Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction
Discarded Comforts
Perplexing discoveries on the streets of Providence lead to a bit of introspection.
16 pp. / scroll
Published in The Rumpus.
The Dip
“Don’t worry, she said.”
6 pp. / scroll
Published in The Offing.
Featured in The Offing Ten-Year Anniversary Anthology
3x3 Honorable Mention
Pandemic Plants
What does a prayer plant pray for?
31 pp.
Printed as 6×6 book.