What She Deserves →
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Can You Hear Me Now? →
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The American Scholar, April 16, 2020
On brain-frying telephone calls, close friendships, and alchemy
Consider the Butt →
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Paris Review Daily, September 16, 2019
On corporate butts, vegetal smells, and the utility of shame
Race and Revolution: Reimagining Monuments →
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Brave Beautiful Outlaws →
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Horse Girl →
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The Believer, February 1, 2019
On Misty of Chincoteague, Saltwater Cowboys, and the transcendent power of loving ponies (honored as a Notable Mention in Best American Travel Writing 2020 and Best American Sports Writing 2020)
The Magic Bullet →
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Topic Magazine, October 2018
How a drug called Miltown ushered in an age of pill-popping for anxious Americans.
A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father →
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Longreads, June 15, 2018
On chocolate-chip pancakes, A River Runs Through It, and discovering gender (honored as a Notable Mention in Best American Essays 2019 and Best American Sports Writing 2019)
The Jumpsuit That Will Replace All Clothes Forever →
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Paris Review Daily, March 2018
On clothing, capitalism, political art, and utopias
American Sounds →
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Paris Review Daily, July 2017
On the old, weird days of National Public Radio.
Reel Life →
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The National, Spring 2017
Learning to cast with Joan Wulff, the 90-year-old First Lady of Fly Fishing.
Take Comfort →
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