2017-present
Literary Commentary +
Critical Mess: The NBCC Implosion at Book and Film Globe, June 2020
AWP in the Time of Plague at Book and Film Globe, March 2020
Shame and Sex Goggles (David Shields vs. Erica Garza) at Vol. 1 Brooklyn, July 2019
There Will Never Be One Great Millennial Novel at Book and Film Globe, April
What I Did at AWP at Book and Film Globe, April
Reading in the Horse Latitudes at Book and Film Globe, January
Are Literary Awards Fraudulent? at Book and Film Globe, January
Why I Write for Free at Medium, December 2018
The Man Who Wrote the Mediocre Novel at the Establishment, October
When Women Gather at sinkhole, October
The Lucky Loop (review of The Witch Elm by Tana French) at the Mantle, October
The Roar of Raging Nothing: The Uncanny Resemblance Between Sean Penn and Amanda McKittrick Ros at the Millions, June
YA as an Impediment to Reading at Medium, January
Writing Craft +
How Real Life Inspires Fiction at Women Writers, Women’s Books, June 2019
Learning to Fish: The Under-Labor of Writing at Brevity, June
Guest Post on My Revision Process at Editor Charlene’s Blog, June
Five Craft Books Off the Beaten Path at CRAFT, July 2018
Film and Television +
Critics’ Survey on the Best M. Night Shyamalan Films at Vague Visages, July 2021
Dual Plots, Demon Possession, De Palma: Ruby as Interesting Failure at Offscreen, June 2021
Something to Sing About: Why Cop Rock Fails at Bright Lights Film Journal, May 2021
Intentionally Disposable Art: The Teen Agers Films at Vague Visages, April 2021 (paywall)
1939: The Masterpiece Year at Video Librarian, January 2021
The Full Monty at Book & Film Globe, Decmeber 2019
Wholly Mutable Selves: Bob Rafelson’s Black Widow at Bright Wall/Dark Room, November 2019
False Alarm: The Tale of JT LeRoy Is a Hoax with Layers at Bitch, May 2019
Paratext, Bitches (Justin MacGregor’s Best F(r)iends) at ASAP/J, April
Review: Captain Marvel at Book and Film Globe, March
Ariana Grande, Mean Girl at Book and Film Globe, December 2018
No Longer a Cowtown Puppet Show at Book & Film Globe, November
Ranking Pretension in 1970s Sci-Fi at Popscure, August
Stop Insisting on James Gunn’s Reinstatement at The Big Smoke, August
Star Studies Geeks and the Spellbinding Power of Celebrity at PopMatters, May
Cultural Commentary +
The Culture of Wealthy White Private Schools at Medium, October 2018 (syndicated at Scary Mommy)
No One Needs a White Opinion on the Lynching Memorial at The Big Smoke, May
The Blank Slate of Melania at The Big Smoke, April
A Meditation on Truth and Columbine at The Big Smoke, March
(reprinted from my blog)
Hybrid Nonfiction +
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) at wig-wag, August 2020
Hostage Audience at Queen Mob’s Teahouse, September 2018
Ten Things I Hid During My Echocardiogram at Booth, March
Famous Men I Have Been Asked to Forgive (Abridged) at The Offing, November 2017
Underside at Rivet: The Journal of Writing that Risks, November
A Body Manifesto in Five Acts at the Ms. Magazine Blog, May
The Girl on the Bike at the Rumpus, February (Pushcart nominee)
Memoir & CNF (straight) +
All Cities Burn at Conjunctions, November 2020
Boundin’ at Nailed, October 2018
If You Whisper Like That in the “Guilty Pleasures“ issue of Memoir Mixtapes, September
Stress-Purchasing Books When You’re Surrounded by Books at Medium, May
The American Way of Work at Lady/Liberty/Lit, February
Slouching Towards Dicklehem at the Los Angeles Review, August 2017
Yes to Women at The Manifest-Station, September
This Is Not a Safe World in Volume VIII of the Southern California Review, April
(RIP. Read a PDF here.)
Miscellaneous +
When You’re Gone (Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left at 50) at Rock & Roll Globe, July 2019
Inventing My Own Tarot Spread Gave Me the Future I Wanted at Horoscope.com, September 2018
Confessions of a Backseat Gamer at Crixeo, August (I did not choose the photo header)
The New Normal of Retail at Medium, July
Choose Wisely at Medium, April
A Letter to My Anorexic Self at Medium, February
Let’s Talk About That Guardian Depression Article at Medium, January
Choose to Be Fascinated at Medium, November 2017 (picked up by Student Voices)
2006-2014 +
Is “Women Owned” the New Affirmative Action? at Role/Reboot, July 2014
The Bush is Back at Role/Reboot, January
My Life as a Black Swan at Role/Reboot, September 2013
The Perils of Too Much Choice at The Escapist, November 2011
Let Sleeping Morals Lie at Unlikely Stories, May 2007
Banning Happiness in South Dakota at Gelf, October 2006