In addition to writing fiction, I've contributed art, design, and books coverage to a variety of publications. Here's a selection of some recent and favorite pieces.
Journalism, Essays, and Reviews
Chicago Review of Books / How Wonderful They Still Were: An Interview with Deborah Shapiro About Consolation / A conversation with Jennifer Solheim on writing, the endurance of art over time, and the importance of loyalty to work and vision.
Domino / True to Form / Inside the Sun-Soaked Marfa Compound Where Donald Judd Lived and Worked
Sight Unseen / An Interview with Erwan Bouroullec / I spoke with the French designer about textiles, his design process, the idea of home, and more.
Sight Unseen / Duro Olowu’s Mind-Expanding Exhibition Crosses Time, Place, Gender, and Race / A look at the “Seeing Chicago” show curated by Duro Olowu at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Literary Hub / Can There Actually Be An Escapist Summer Read in 2020? / I wrote about four great books on the unsettling moods of summer: Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano, The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing, and The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley.
Paper Brigade / Questions of Exile and Belonging / Some reading recommendations on writing that looks at how time works on relationships, featuring books by Deborah Levy, Chantal Akerman, Natalia Ginzsburg, James Salter, and André Aciman for the Jewish Book Council.
Chicago Magazine / Dawoud Bey, Activist Photographer / A short profile on the acclaimed artist and 2019 Chicagoan of the Year.
Elle UK / Disappearing Friends / About friendship and all the infatuation, belonging, loss, and possibility that goes with it.
Tin House / Correspondent's Course: Fake Art / An essay about imaginary art in novels by Robert Stone, Dawn Powell, Dana Spiotta, Alan Warner, and Rachel Kushner.
The Second Pass / Freeways, Taquitos, Stravinsky and Speed / An appreciation of Eve Babitz, author of Eve's Hollywood and Slow Days, Fast Company. (I wrote this before her wonderful books came back into print.)
Literary Hub / On Writing Fiction and Watching Soap Operas
If you ever loved General Hospital or One Life to Live or Days of Our Lives or All My Children or the Young and the Restless – or the stripped-down novels of Rachel Cusk – this one's for you.
Chicago Magazine / A Year of Grieving Publicly / When a young photographer's husband died suddenly at age 30, she didn't turn inward. She turned to Instagram.
Profiles, Studio Visits, and Exhibitions Sight Unseen
Photographer credits at Sight Unseen.