Selected Publications

Note: I currently and regularly publish essays at On Good Medicine.

“Opinion | The Price of Civility: Lauren Stokes’ Firing Should Alarm All Mississippians,” Mississippi Free Press, February 2026.

”Hanoi Gets Its First McDonald’s - But Are Hanoians Lovin’ It”, Word Vietnam, January 2018.

"Amaryllis", My Holiday Is: A Collection of Holiday Essays & Images, Edited by Derek Golden, 2016.

"After The Dams: On Amy Hassinger’s Novel and the Dakota Pipeline", Los Angeles Review of Books, 2016.

“Mary’s Calm & Collected Corner of the Universe”, Apartment Therapy, 2016. 

“How to Experience True Happiness & Shine”, Huffington Post, 2015.

“The Weight of Home”, Bitter Southerner, 2014.

“A Brave New Perspective of Suburbia”, Los Angeles Review of Books, 2013. 

“Walking to the Trough”, Edible Metro & Mountain, 2013.

“The Journey Like Time, Never Ends”, Los Angeles Review of Books, 2012.

“The State of Shrimp”, Edible Metro & Mountain, 2010.

“A Destined Harvest”, Edible Metro & Mountains, 2009. 

“Can’t Stay the Same”, Oxford Eagle, 2009.

“The Modest Fig”, Edible Metro & Mountains, 2009.

“Quick Knockouts: Sampling the Lee Bros.”, Delta Magazine, 2009. 

“Jere Allen: Figuratively Speaking”, Delta Magazine, 2009. 

“Falling for the Menu”, Edible Memphis, 2008.

“Home-Grown Radio”, Ole Miss Alumni Magazine, 2008. 

“My Fair Lady”, Edible Memphis, 2008.

“Thacker Mountain Radio”, Garden & Gun Magazine, 2008. 

“Book Review: The Children’s Hospital”, Paste Magazine, 2006.

“Book Review: Third Class Superhero”, Paste Magazine, 2006.