Selected Essays & Stories
“The Vibrating Beingness of Seurat’s Pointillist Paintings,” Aeon
“God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf,” Lit Hub
“Best Book of 1886: The Masterpiece by Emile Zola,” Granta
“Rewriting a Symphony in Stone,” Longreads
“The Myths We Wear,” The Paris Review
“On High Heels and Lotus Feet,” Granta
“Passing Mary Oliver at Dawn,” The Paris Review
“Sex, Power, Oppression: Why Women Wear High Heels,” The Guardian
“Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels,” Lit Hub
“The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue,” New York Magazine
“Why "Better Call Saul" Is An Unexpectedly Feminist Show,” Buzzfeed
“Just Below The Surface,” Longreads
“Shell Game,” Scientific American
“A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of The New Yorker,” Lit Hub
“A Natural History of the Wedding Dress,” JStor Daily
“An Open Letter to the Mix Tape Made for Me By My College Boyfriend, Now Deceased,” McSweeneys