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You, too, can find out! Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1666045499813-KUG2WYMHWGCL7CQQN91S/image-asset.jpeg Publications - "Possession," Earth Island Journal, Essay “Once the rock is in their hand, it’s too late; we’ve lost the battle,” says a Washington Island resident. He is one of about a dozen people at a Parks Committee meeting concerning the preservation of Schoolhouse Beach. Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1682530231302-Y8O9HV1AYU0MP7CBGN8H/image-asset.jpg Publications - DNA Communiqué, The Offing, humor Dear Paula, Thank you for joining It’s All Relative, one of the largest databases of human DNA ever created. Like you, millions of people want to know what region of the world they should claim as their own. Irish peasant? Mongolian herder? You, too, can find out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1666044831640-3HGIGFT3BXDEQSFT3WJW/image-asset.jpeg Publications - "Plasticity," Kenyon Review Online, graphic essay A graphic essay in collaboration with illustrator Meggan Kehrli, about Chicago’s “famous flying spiders.” Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1666045193700-JHL09JAS57GTOPS6XTCY/the%2Bthird%2Bthing.jpg Publications - The Third Thing An album by the musicians of Grace Chicago church, including music and readings. My flash essay, “Solidarity,” is one of the tracks. Listen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1534793741530-VIW3HGBMDA6RX2WKIS93/Screen+Shot+2018-08-20+at+2.34.27+PM.png Publications - The New York Times column: "I Am Not a Mother. But I Am Something." When you realize you are outside of what has been deemed normal, what has been named and defined, these are the things you feel you lack: Dignity, autonomy, belonging. And a shared understanding of the role you play. Read More. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1488145888760-0IMZL7SH3OOKIAQ83QVH/Graystone_compositionFINAL.jpg Publications - “City Swarm,” Kenyon Review, graphic essay A graphic essay in collaboration with illustrator Meggan Kehrli featured in the eco-writing section of this issue. Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1499878716596-TOV17HR4KDNI1U505401/SouthernReview3.jpg Publications - “Rh,” The Southern Review, lyric essay A basin of blood sitting on the floor. The same one used for washing. Nobody thinks to dip their hand in and spread some over the farmhouse door, warning the angel of death to stay away, not to come for this child. 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Read More. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1488146021942-36HUOHLTDLVWRTYR2CCC/TQ146.jpg Publications - "Ictalurus Punctatus," TriQuarterly, lyric essay The mouth alone must be over a foot wide, and the fan-like tail is kicking up mud some four feet away. My father says no, it is only three feet. He was a chemist and is careful with his measurements. Read More. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58852189d2b857134e402411/1488147847761-QSW9JV8FAHWOEFRT4KP8/SouthernReview3.jpg Publications - “Rh,” The Southern Review, lyric essay A basin of blood sitting on the floor. The same one used for washing. Nobody thinks to dip their hand in and spread some over the farmhouse door, warning the angel of death to stay away, not to come for this child. 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