Recent Work
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Winner of The Erotic Contest, Sonora Review, November 2024
In 6th grade, a small group of boys started carrying around little, red laser beams on keyless keyrings. They were small enough to fit in the palm of the boys’ hands.
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Bodega, November 2024
In 2021, I moved back to North Carolina from New Mexico. I was starting an MFA, and my stepfather was dying.
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The Los Angeles Review, November 2024
A friend told me she’d never been in love. The friend is a dance friend, a woman in her 40s, divorced, and currently in a long-term relationship.
“I think the closest thing to being in love I’ve ever felt is when I’m dancing,” she told me.
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Another Chicago Magazine, February 2024
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Hunger Mountain, February 2024
When I was seven, my dad moved back to Wilkes County from Budapest and decided that I would be a tennis champion. My parents divorced when I was less than a year old and my father moved away when I was a toddler.
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Epiphany, April 2023
It’s Friendsgiving and I’m sitting on Tiffany’s porch when she pulls her pant leg up and says, “You see these? They are everywhere. All over me.”
Awards & Honors
“Men Smoking,” Winner, Sonora Review’’s The Erotic Contest (2024)
“I Molt With You,” Finalist, Sewanee Review’s Seventh Annual Nonfiction Contest
The Gravitron, Miami Book Fair’s Emerging Writer Fellowship, Honorable Mention
“Men Smoking”, Finalist, Fourth Genre’s Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest
“Men Smoking”, Finalist, Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Award
“Mr Fisher”, Finalist, Epiphany’s 2024 Breakout Prize (Prose)
“Mr Fisher”, Finalist, Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards (Nonfiction)
“Footwork”, Finalist, Sewanee Review’s Sixth Annual Nonfiction Contest