Selected Journalism
Interviews
Alice Hoffman for Salon
Jamie Lee Curtis for Salon
Amanda Shires for Salon
R. L. Stine for Salon
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd for Salon
Patrick Sean Smith for Salon
R. F. Kuang for Salon
Anna Camp for Salon
James Caverly for Salon
John Hoffman for Salon
Jonathan Bennett for Salon
Ander Monson for Salon
Mark Proksch and Paul Simms for Salon
Silas House for Salon
Culture Pieces
"Never was a cornflake girl": Why a 1994 album by Tori Amos belongs in "Yellowjackets" Salon
“Struggling with long COVID? You may find yourself in "Return to Oz” Salon
“Forget the final girl, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” We're ready for the final woman” Salon
“Why is Joe Burrow so great? Because he’s from Appalachia” Salon
"The Simpsons" joins Hollywood in highlighting deaf characters – but it still feels like pandering” Salon
“Harry Potter and the retconning of Dumbledore: It’s no longer about the story” Salon
“Is the real monster in “Pieces of Her” the mother-artist?” Salon
“Dave Grohl: deaf like me – except, of course, not like me” Salon
“Yellowjackets" unapologetically follows YA logic, from the Big Dance to bitter betrayals” Salon
“Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories” Salon
“Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about” Salon
“What "Hawkeye" gets right about deafness – and what it glosses over” Salon
“Alice Sebold's "Lucky" and the problem with memoirs with happy endings” Salon
Reporting
“Can Cannabis Farms Weather Wildfire Season?” The New York Times
“You Know What Else Has Sold Well During the Pandemic: Weed Edibles” The New York Times
“Snowfall Blues: The Hard Life and Clear Sound of Jackson C. Frank" VQR
“People are Fleeing to Appalachia to Escape COVID-19: That Needs to Stop” 100 Days in Appalachia
“Could Coronavirus Change How We are Born?” 100 Days in Appalachia
“In Appalachia, It’s Always Hard to Leave an Abusive Home. Then Came a Pandemic” 100 Days in Appalachia
“I’m Partially Deaf. When Mask-Wearing Came Along, I Had to Rebuild My World” The Guardian
“No Marker, No Memorial: The Lakin State Hospital for the Colored Insane" Jezebel
“The Mystery of the Stain in the Attic of the Athens Lunatic Asylum" Jezebel
“The Phantom Promise: How Appalachia was Sold on Prisons” YES! Magazine
“Appalachia’s Front Porch Network Is a Lifeline” YES! Magazine
“Graffiti and the Girl: The Sisterhood of Street Art" The Toast
“Could Whisky Save our Water?” The Toast
“Inside The Statue of Liberty’s Radical Feminist, Pro-Refugee Roots" GOOD
“A Post-Coal Future for Appalachia” Canopy Magazine
“Teacher Strikes Draw Attention to School-Family Connection” Equal Voice News