Writing
“We Are Stardust,” Brevity. Notable Best American Essays 2023.
"Girl/Thing," Brevity. Anthologized in Love & Profanity: True Stories of Adolescence, and in Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction.
“Love Letter to Leonardo DiCaprio, Revised & Re-Released for the 25th Anniversary of Titanic,” The Belladonna
Wildsam Field Guide: Seattle, Contributing Writer
“Fight & Flight: On Grassroots Resistance, the Supreme Court, and the Women Who Flew in the Face of Kavanaugh,” Ms. Magazine.
“The Year the Bridges Failed,” Electric Literature.
“To the Egyptian Woman in the Window Seat,” Off Assignment.
“To the Room Full of Travelers Watching American Reality TV,” Off Assignment. Audio version here. Selected for Best Women’s Travel Writing 2020.
“How Can I Be a More Ethical Traveler?” AFAR.
"An Open Letter to a Traveling Salesman, Sugar Camp, Wisconsin, Circa 1996," McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Anthologized in Flash Nonfiction Funny, ed. Dinty Moore.
"The Remnants of War: A Meditation on Peleliu," Longreads. Notable Best American Travel Writing 2017. Solas Awards Grand Prize Bronze - Best Travel Story of 2017.
"One Tiny Country is Fighting to Save Its Endangered Reefs--For All of Us," AFAR.
"The Living Infinite," Wanderlust. Selected for Best Women's Travel Writing 2017, ed. Lavinia Spalding.
"Seattle, After the Rain," River Teeth.
"Immaculate Confection," AFAR.
"Karaoke Girls: Sex, Lies, and Singalongs in the Pacific," Misadventures.
"How To Travel Alone as a Woman in the Land of Machismo," AFAR.
"Lessons in Cambodian Drag," Paste.
"Shadowboxing," Harvard Review.
"Sirens," Sweet Lit. Pushcart Prize Special Mention.
"Voice Lessons," An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers. Ed. Don George.
"On Modesty," Shenandoah. Longreads Editor's Pick. Best of Wordpress Vol. 8. Pushcart Prize Special Mention.
"Don't Mess With the Other Texas," Guernica.
"Making Peace With Miley," The Mindful Word.
"In Search of Magic Kingdoms," The Missouri Review audio contest winner.
"There's a Train a'Comin'," Guernica.
"Aerial Perspectives on Plumbing, Heating and Electrical," The Iowa Review.
"As Seen On TV!" Ninth Letter. Notable Best American Essays 2013.
"On Failing a Poem and Writing Responsibly," Brevity Blog.
"Big Water, Little Water," Michigan Quarterly Review.