Essays
Meet Me in the Middle, Brevity, July 2024
This essay was featured in Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web, edited by Sari Botton
Loving the Alien, Under the Gum Tree, Summer 2024
Autonomy, South of the Garden, June 2023
Journalism
“Everybody’s Voice is Unique": Disability in the Performing Arts, PBS, November 2022
Open Access, Indyweek, November 2022
A self-made freelance career (with a little help along the way), Nieman Storyboard, August 2019 (curated by Pulitzer Prize winner Jacqui Banaszynski)
Creatives in Conversation is my interview series that ran from 2018-2022, spotlighting North Carolina artists discussing their creative process
Media & Podcasts
Featured in the Truly Important Substack: True Stories, Out Loud, October 2024
Writing the Past newsletter interview, August 2024
Artist Soapbox 084 - How Do You Honor Your Story?, September 2019
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Awards & Honors
Second Place, Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Contest, Sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network, March 2023 (judged by Julia Ridley Smith)
Artist Support Grant Awardee, granted by the Durham Arts Council, October 2022
Second Place, RCWMS Annual Essay Contest, August 2022
Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Award, granted by the Durham Arts Council, March 2022
Finalist, Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Contest, Sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network, January 2019 (judged by Jane Wong)
Scholarship Awardee, Norman Mailer Summer Writers Colony, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2013