Writing

Below, find examples of my books reviews, lists, interviews, as well as critical and personal essays.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

The Desires and Failures of Suburban Dreams in Women and Children First, Chicago Review of Books, May 2024.

Review of Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner, Necessary Fiction, May 2024.

The Anxiety of Choice in How to Care for a Human Girl, Chicago Review of Books, August 2023.

The Depth of Memory in Nona Fernández’s Voyager, Ploughshares online, February 2023.

Myths and Mundanity in Jill Bialosky’s The Deceptions, Ploughshares online, September 2022.

Personal & Academic Pursuits in Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Disorientation, Ploughshares online, March 2022.

Defining Care in Win Me Something, Ploughshares online, Nov. 2021.

Self-Editing in Hermione Hoby’s Virtue, Ploughshares online, July 2021.

Review of Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller, Necessary Fiction, July 2021.

The Purpose of Art in Rachel Cusk’s Second Place, Ploughshares online, May 2021.

Review of You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken, Necessary Fiction, April 2021.

Review of Miracle Country by Kendra Atleework, Ploughshares online, July 2020.

Review of My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland, Women’s Review of Books, March/April 2020 (print).

Review of Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey, Ploughshares online, January 2020.

“The Survival Is the Story,” Review of Ashley Wurzbacher’s Happy Like This, Chicago Review of Books, December 2019.

“A Retreat to the Woods,” Review of Caite Dolan-Leach’s new We Went to the Woods, Chicago Review of Books, July 2019.

 

ESSAYS, LISTS, & MORE

“The 14 Literary Newsletters You Need in Your Inbox,” Electric Literature, June 2022.

“7 Books Inspired by the Dictionary,” Electric Literature, May 2022.

“Novel Objects,” Oh Reader, March 2022.

“7 Thrillers About the Dark Side of Academia,” Electric Literature, August 2021.

“Compact Spaces and Relationships in Howards End and On Beauty,” Ploughshares online, May 2020.

“The Haunted House of Lucy Wood’s Weathering,” Ploughshares online, October 2019.

“Women Writing Food, Ploughshares online, August 2019.

“A Selfie As Big As The Ritz” and “The Diamond As Big As The Ritz,” Ploughshares online, June 2019

“Silence in Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends,” Ploughshares online, April 2019

“How Sophie Kinsella’s Romance Novels Helped Me Become a Reader… Again",” Bustle, September 2018.

“How Completely Misunderstanding Henry James Helped Me Survive High School,” Electric Literature, August 2018.

“Hannah Webster Foster: Literary History Profile,” Boston Book Blog, March 2018.

 

INTERVIEWS

The Fake Book Covers Going Viral on Social Media: An Interview with Christine Rhee for Electric Literature, September 2022.

Non-Fiction by Non-Men Interview with Sinéad Gleeson for Fiction Advocate, April 2020.

Non-Fiction by Non-Men Interview with Terese Marie Mailhot for Fiction Advocate, August 2019

Non-Fiction by Non-Men Interview with Alanna Okun for Fiction Advocate, February 2019