Selected essays
Poets & Writers
Literary Hub
Retribution Masquerading as Art: The Problem with Revenge Writing
Oprah Daily
I Wrote About My Grandmother’s Abandonment. Then My Family Abandoned Me.
The bitter southerner
Forever Less of Beauty (Best of 2024)
PRINT MAGAZINE
Tangled Vines and Poison Leaves
Orion Magazine
Oprah Magazine
My Wife and I Are Quarantining with My Estranged Mother
In Her Image: Mothers, Daughters, Fashion
Dame Magazine
Lessons from a Fast, Furious Friendship with my Idol: On Social Media, Celebrity, and Ghosting
LitHub
Someday, She Will Become Your Job
Sitting With the Unknowable: On Suicide and Loss
Narrative
Lion’s Roar
Tin House
A Tribe Looking for a Home (interview)
On Being
Writing and the Permission to Succeed: The Intersection of Art and Shame
The Select 7
Washington Post
Feeding My Mother (year-long column)
Poor Man’s Feast
Wall Street Journal
Decor Maine
The Straight Line Vernacular of Assurance
The Rumpus
Is It My Story, Or Is It Yours?