More About Me
Other Projects
Pictured: Me (second from the left) working the Ooligan booth at Portland Bookfest 2022
Graduate research paper: [coming soon]
Research paper: The Rise of Body Horror
Twine game: Goldfish
Coded Web poem: Parity by exurb1a
Blog Posts
“Who is Responsible for Plagiarism?“
Ooligan Press
Feb 1, 2023
“Let’s Hear it for the Slush Pile!“
Ooligan Press
Dec 9, 2022
“Don’t Forget About Disabled Writers“
Ooligan Press
July 27, 2022
“Grub Street: Inspiring All Kinds of Writers“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
May 25, 2021
“Creative Nonfiction: Representations and Truths“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
June 8, 2021
“The Significance of Memoirs“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
July 6, 2021
“A Highlight on Jeannie Vanasco“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
July 20, 2021
“Announcing EMERGE: Coming Into View and Pandemic Views“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
Sep 21, 2021
“Celebrating EMERGE: Coming Into View and Pandemic Stories“
Yellow Arrow Publishing
Sep 28, 2021
Reading Recs
This is not a complete list but some of my favorites. Feel free to send me any related reading recommendations based off these titles.
Nonfiction
- We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist
- Mistresses: A History of the Other Woman by Elizabeth Abbott
- Mistresses by Leigh Eduardo
- Abandon Me by Melissa Febos
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti
- Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
- The Glass Eye by Jeannie Vanasco
- Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl by Jeannie Vanasco
- Heavy by Kiese Laymon
- Tonight I’m Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson
- Ars Botanica by Tim Taranto
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Moth Presents: All These Wonders edited by Catherine Burns
- In the Dreamhouse by Carmen Maria Machado
Fiction
- The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Horror is Us edited by Justin Sanders
- Odsburg by Matt Tompkins
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Closer by Patrick Marber
- All my Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Comics
- Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples
- Chew by John Layman and illustrated by Rob Guillory
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Dogs
Chance (left)
- Enjoys heart-shaped ice cube “treats”
- Is happy to be here
- Has too many allergies
Onyx (right)
- Is a very clingy baby
- Does happy hops
- Snores even when awake
