Tag: nonfiction

  • New Essay – Eyes in the Wild – BorderLore

    My recent article in BorderLore, “Eyes in the Wild,” was super fun to write. I wrote the piece as part of the Southwest Folklife Alliance’s Climate and Culture cohort, a group of writers throughout the southwest examining the intersection of folklife and climate change. How are people’s beliefs and practices evolving to address the changes…

  • New Interview – Ander Monson – Full Stop

    Few people in the literary community create as many fun and meaningful opportunities for writers as Ander Monson. From editing the magazines DIAGRAM and Essay Daily, to running New Michigan Press, to hosting an annual March Madness-inspired writing tournament dedicated to essays about music, Monson creates unique spaces for many writers of all stripes to…

  • New Essay – “What’s the Bear’s Name?” – Deep Wild

    I never met the bear who is the subject of my essay’s title, “What’s the Bears Name?” It lived in the Galiuro Mountains in Arizona in canyon called Rattlesnake Canyon near an old homestead called Powers Garden. Deep Wild was so kind as to include my essay in their newest issue. The essay asks why…

  • New Nonfiction – Space Mountain – Terrain.org

    About 10 years ago, I went hiking alone and met an intriguing hiking partner with an interesting past as an activist protesting an observatory on Mt Graham in Arizona. At the time, some of what the man said sounded far-fetched. Though he seemed nice enough, he had a gun. The gun, combined with frightening, paranoid-seeming…