Publications

Nonfiction (Essays/Articles/Memoir/Journalism): “The Shadow of Insanity.” Alternating Current. Forthcoming Spring 2024. “Identity in the Natural World: Andrew Squitiro’s Local Weather.” Atticus Review. 26 March 2024. “Falling Back to Earth.” Lindenwood Review. Spring 2023. “Interview | Gabby Wong on Netflix’s 1899.” Headstuff. 19 December 2022. “Interview: Lynne Davison, Director Of Mandrake.” Headstuff. 22 November 2022. “Terror Takes Root In Irish Folk Horror Mandrake.” Headstuff. 10 November 2022. “Tossing A Coin: A Review of No Country For Old Men At 15.” Headstuff. 10 November 2022. “IFI Documentary Review Much Ado About Dying: The Madness Of King Lear.” Headstuff. 29 September 2022. “Sunshine And Summer Love Abound In Anaïs In Love.” Headstuff. 19 August 2022. “The Whirl of the World.” Barely South Review. Volume 13.2: Spring 2022. “At the Front of the Class — Teaching as an Introvert.” Introvert, Dear. 31 March 2022. “Trenches, Rats, and Watercolors.” Montana Mouthful. Lost and Found Issue: Winter 2022. “Burning: Black Summer and the Politics of Climate Change.” Drunk Monkeys. Issue 7.2: February 2022. “The Banks of Fairview Lake.” The Good Life Review. Issue 6: Winter 2022. “Cosmic Consciousness: On Lewis Hyde’s Advice for Creativity, and How I Became an Artist in the Modern World.” Cleaver. 14 January 2022. “Encounter: Film Review.” Headstuff. 4 January 2022. “The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain Film Review.” Headstuff. 1 January 2022. “The Opioid Epidemic in a Time of Pandemic (Series) Article 1: An Overview.” Pivedite.org. 30 December 2021. “Focused Protection: How to End Lockdowns in Schools.” The Commoner. 29 December 2021. “At Home in a Democratic Framework.” The Commoner. 10 December 2021. “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible Proves There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough For Nirmal Purja.” Headstuff. 10 December 2021 “In The Same Breath: Film Review | A Gripping Dissection Of A Worldwide Tragedy.” Headstuff. 30 November 2021. “Waking Up: Same Harris, Spirituality, and the Freedom from the Illusion of Self.” The Good Men Project. 25 November 2021. “On Procrastination.” Brevity [Blog]. 24 November 2021. “Val Film Review | An Intimate Self-Portrait Of A Complicated Star.” Headstuff. 23 November 2021. “Review: Simon’s Mansion.” IndieReader. 13 November 2019. “Review: The Girl who Said Goodbye: A Memoir of a Khmer Rouge Survivor.” IndieReader. 28 October 2019. “Review: Up-Close & Personal: In-Country, Chieu Hoi, Vietnam, 1969 – 1970.” 21 October 2019. “Creating Constellations: On Mark Edmundson’s Why Write. New South. 10 May 2019. “The Defamiliarization of Trauma in W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz.” Anastamos Interdisciplinary Journal. Issue 5: May 2019. “Review: The Gift of Significance.” IndieReader. March 2019. “Uncompromising Reality: Netflix’s The Photographer of Mauthausen.” Headstuff. 8 March 2019. “The Creative Life is an Amplified Life: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic.” New South. 7 March 2019. “The Comedian Carrying an Umbrella.” Brevity [Blog]. 15 February 2019. “The Desert Whispers.” Cagibi Lit. 5 February 2019. “The Land of Hope and Dreams: New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen, and DNA.” Litro Magazine. 6 February 2019. “The Land of Hope and Dreams: New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen, and DNA.” Headstuff. 4 February 2019. “The Character Without a Credit: Addiction in “Beautiful Boy.” The Fix. 13 November 2018 “Film Review: Free Solo.” The Humanist. 5 November 2018. “Victors of the Night: Identity and Reflection in Bad Times at the El Royale.” Headstuff. 18 October 2018. “A Weekend in Portland, Oregon: Northwest Getaway.” GoWorldTravel. 15 May 2018. “The Brave New World of Autonomous Vehicles.” The Good Men Project. 21 April 2018. “The Relatable Amidst the Absurdity: Forgetting Sarah Marshall at 10.” Headstuff. 18 April 2018. “Facing Genocide in Syria.” Headstuff. 18 April 2018. “5 Ways to Discover Your Next Favorite Book.” The Good Men Project. 19 April 2018. “Indecent Proposal at 25.” Headstuff. 7 Aprils 2018. “Grab a Branch: Trump’s Drug Proposal Is Not The Answer.” Headstuff. 30 March 2018. “The Duelling President.” Headstuff. 29 March 2018. “Learn to Adapt: The Decay of Conventional Education.” The Good Men Project.” 15 March 2018. “The Search for Identity in Alex Garland’s Fantastic Annihilation.” Headstuff. 9 March 2018. “Gun Control & The Pursuit of Happiness.” Headstuff. 9 March 2018. “What Defines ‘Fit for Office’?” The Good Men Project. 3 February 2018. “Choosing Between More Money and More Freedom.” The San Diego Union-Tribune. 26 January 2018. “The Muted Masterpiece: Road to Perdition, 15 Years Later.” The Good Men Project. 20 November 2017. “Anticipation.” Hippocampus Magazine. 1 June 2017. “The Burden of a Wet Dog.” The Good Men Project. 30 March 2017. “Mending the Wall.” The Good Men Project. 5 February 2017. “Light Drawings.” Ascent. February 2017. “The Insanity Development.” StorySouth. Fall 2016 “When the Leaves Fall on Lavallette.” The Roanoke Review. 1 October 2016. “The Breakers.” Switchback. 2016. Volume 12 “On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education.” The Good Men Project. 5 April 2016. “The Etymological Hijacking of Terrorism.” The Virginian Pilot. 21 February 2016. “Help an Addict Out: Combating the Addiction Epidemic, A Personal Story.” The Good Men Project. 10 January 2016 “Mars: Our Greatest Economic Stimulus.” The Virginian Pilot. 3 January 2016. “Seduced By Sailing.”Coastal Virginia Magazine. June 2015: 56 – 58. “Technology Can’t Replace ODU Security Staff.” The Virginian Pilot. 20 October 2014. “Leading Ladies – Luisa Igloria.” Coastal Virginia Magazine. October 2014. “What We Lost: On Teaching 9/11.” Guernica. 11 September 2014. “Empathy and Infrastructure For Mental Health Care.” Guernica. 6 August 2014. “Come Sail Away with Nauticus.” Veer Magazine. 15 June 2014. “Fathers Guns and LSD.” Moon City Review. Spring 2014. “When Should We Stop Trying to Treat Teens with Mental Illness?” The Good Men Project. 5 January 2014. “Death and Identity – Discovering Vision as an Artist: An Interview with Michael Klein.” Barely South Review. Winter 2014. “Accepting Nature.” Prick of the Spindle. Volume 7.4 (December 2013). “A Little Crowd of Mourners.” The Flagler Review. Volume 24.1 (Fall 2013): 18-23. “Alchemy NFK: An Arts District Buried in History.” Veer Magazine. 13 July 2013. “What’s Orwell Got to do with the NSA Leak?” NetRightDaily.com. 13 June 2013. “The Collision of Writing and Spirituality: An Interview with Merle Feld.”  Barely South Review.  January 2013. “Help Other Coastal Communities.”  AltDaily.  22 November 2012. “When the Sea Breaks the Dunes.”  Bluestem.  September 2012. “Have Some Faith in Loneliness.”  Used Furniture Review.  17 August 2012. “On Home.”  The Newtowner.  Quarter 3 (Spring/Summer 2012): 24-25. “Death of the Dragon.” The Red Clay Review.  Issue V (Summer 2012): 57-60. “Beyond the Walls of the Zoo.”  Veer Magazine.  15 March 2012. “Layover.”  Airplane Reading.  Fall 2011.