Nonfiction and interviews.
In addition to my work as a fiction writer, I also write short-form nonfiction, reviews, and interviews, mostly about urbanism, arts and culture in the Midwest. Here are some of my favorite recent assignments.
Books and authors.
‘I’ll Eat You to Live’: A Conversation With Poet Tiana Clark
An interview with Tony Tulathimutte (Playboy)
A conversation with novelist Amanda Goldblatt
Art and design.
What It Is To Become: The Astonishing Art of Patrick Quarm
Anything That Can Be Painted: The Singular Voice of Ellen Rutt
Detroit’s Been Cool: A conversation with multimedia artist Tiff Massey
A conversation with artist Damon Davis on his new commission, Sad Panther
Art Only the Universe Can Make: Christine Corday’s ‘Relative Points’
Film and Theater.
Where Gender Non-Conformity and Geek Culture Collide: A conversation with the documentarians behind “Transgeek”
Fashion.
Food.
Cities.
Why I’m Not a Cyclist.
Stop saying that making our cities better, safer places to live isn’t “sexy.”
Who Can Afford to Invest in a Poor Neighborhood?
Where Bicycles Meet Race: A Conversation with Dr. Adonia Lugo.