essays
The Hand That Feeds You—The Morning News
"After working at the farmers’ market, I’ve come to love fresh local food—and hate the people who buy it."
Civil Plights—The Morning News
"In the summer of 2006, my father and I were visiting the National Civil Rights Museum midway through a road trip from Chicago to New Orleans, and in mere minutes I went from reading about the 1963 March on Washington to watching a bubbly mother-daughter duo with identical perms shake hands with President Bush. Corralled into the receiving line myself, I prayed for an invisibility cloak, or at least an Acme 'Instant Hole' to duck into. As he went down the line with the confidence of a beauty queen, did it occur to the President that I might refuse his handshake?"
Invasion of the Bayou Snatchers—The Morning News
Not all oil-soaked animals in Louisiana deserve saving. I attend fashion shows, braises venison, and head into the bayou to understand the varmint of New Orleans: nutria.
Notes From the Rebuild—The Morning News
Bringing back homes in New Orleans.
Once Upon a Time—BuzzFeed
On loving, and losing, your favorite childhood books.
Sex, Drugs, And Orchestra: The Importance Of Metal Health And The New Iron Maiden Documentary—The Rumpus
I used to be angry, but then I found Maiden.