select essays

• “Lessons in Lust and Life from Dirty Dancing,” Catapult

• “A Million Voices: In Praise of the Polyvocal Novel,” Lithub

• “On Embracing the Halting, Defiant, Neurotic Ways We Talk,” LitHub

• “Sacred Trash: Dismantling a Library,” The Millions

• “Crust, Mantle, Core,” Mr. Beller's Neighborhood

• “The Dying Tradition,” Fourth Genre (print)