LGBTQ

Publications

When My Partner Transitioned Genders, Our Daughters Were Understanding. It Was the Adults Around Us Asking Weird Questions. INSIDER.

Lambda’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Is Thriving, School Library Journal

I’m an Open Book in the Human Library. Educating people about the fluidity of sexual identity.

LGBTQ Rights Are In Grave Danger:

A podcast interview about book bans, Lit Hub

Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? New York Times “Modern Love” column.

Schools & Literacy

Have You Ever Tried Going on a Blind Date with a Book? Lit Hub

75 Years of Goodnight Moon: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic, LitHub.

“That’s How I Feel!” Visual Books to Help Teens Grapple with Big Feelings and Mental Health, School Library Journal

Maya Lin's Design of the Smith College Library, Smith Alumnae Quarterly.

Ditching That Summer Reading Is Actually a Fabulous Idea TinyBeans

How to Build a Library From Scratch, School Library Journal

Fiction & Narrative Essay

Contributor’s Note, Published in Quarterly West, Performed at the Association of Writers and Writing Conferences, 2018.

The Art Teacher, monkeybicycle, Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions Nominee, 2020.

Dispatch from the Pandemic: Penguins Everywhere, Another Chicago Magazine, 2020.

How to Reopen a High School Library After an 18-month Pandemic Closure

Neurodiverse Navigation in an Early College Library, Urban Library Journal, Co-Authored with Nava Bahrampour

Gather ‘Round the Table: Writing on Food, Feasting on Words, Teachers & Writers.

Writing Immersion: A Glimpse into Bard College’s Writing & Thinking Workshop. Teachers & Writers.