Publications
Selected Online Publications, By Niche
Health, Mental Health, and Chronic Illness
“When Chronic Pain Made All Aspects of Life Hurt, I Found Solace in Yoga” for mayks Yoga, May 2023
When I Started Running, I Expected to Lose a Toenail—But Not Like this” in Age of Empathy, March 2022
“I Feel Like a Chronic Pain Imposter—Then, The Next Flare Hits” in Invisible Illness, March 2021
Pop Culture / Video Games
“Marvel Needs to Stop Using Motherhood as Shorthand for Female Character Development” in The Escapist, November 2024
“Pokemon Concierge is the Relatable Content I Didn’t Know I Needed” in FanFare, January 2024
“Skyrim’s Courier is Obsessed with Me” in FanFare, February 2022
“Chaotic Awkward” in The Journal of Dungeoneering for Hip and Attractive Professionals, March 2021.
Personal Essays on Life & Writing
“The Place Where My Stories Live Feels Hollowed Out and Empty” in Age of Empathy, January 2022
“I Miss My Students’ Faces” in Age of Empathy, December 2021
“Setting My Phone to ‘Emotionally Out of Office” in Wholistique, August 2021
Books / Reading
“When Reading Becomes a Job” in Coffee Time Reviews, July 2021
““You Can Never Really Read the Same Book Twice” in Coffee Time Reviews, April 2021
Feminism / Childfree
“I Won’t Change My Mind About Not Having Kids” in Write Like a Girl, May 2021
Relationships
“Does Love Only Find You When You Least Expect It?” in PS I Love You, May 2021
“Cooking for One” on Golden Walkman Magazine, February 2020.
"The Lonely Planet Guide to Grief," bonfire(s), Volume 1, Spring 2018.
"The Process of Unraveling," Razor Literary Magazine, Issue 5, Spring 2018.
Print Publications:
"What Happened at White Castle," Hoosier Lit, Spring 2017
"Battle Scars," Our Bodies, Our Voice zine benefiting Planned Parenthood, 2017
"Portraits," Aspiring to Inspire anthology, 2014
Scholarship:
"Wise Blood: Menstruation, Fertility, and the 'Disappointment' in Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees" with Mark Cirino, The Hemingway Review, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017
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