Essays & Literary/Creative Nonfiction

"Wound," (with accompanying "Dear Wigleaf" postcard), Wigleaf, October 2, 2023.

"Hope It's Okay If I Love Just One Person In the World More Than Any Other," HaveHasHad. July 3, 2023.

"Because We Can't Be Trusted to Hurt Ourselves," Electric Literature. Feb 27, 2017.

"How to Float," SmokeLong Quarterly. Issue 45. 22 Sep. 2014. (The interview accompanying the piece is available here.)

"Actual Bullet Points from a Handout for a Philosophy Class on Consciousness," McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Feb 5, 2002.

I've published many essays on Medium.com, several for the Human Parts publication, including:

• "The Age of Unfairness"

• "How to Get There from Here"

• "How to Be a Tourist"

• "On Being Resilient"

• "How to Leave Your Son"

• "Rattlesnake"

• "How to Pick a Fight"

• "How to Tell a Story"

• "While Your Wife Is at a Memorial Service"

• "How to Win at Thought Lifting"

• "Aboutness"

• "Breathe"

• "Tree Hunting"

• "You Can't Call Home Again"

• "How I Know Your Kid Is a Jerk"

• "Do Stop Believing"

• "In Memoriam"

• "Because It's There"

• "Going Up"