Writing

Interviews & Profiles

Interview: Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Author of Taco, Hippocampus Magazine, December 2025

Interview: Jennifer Case, Author of We Are Animals, Hippocampus Magazine, November 2025

Interview: Robin Hemley, Author of How to Change History, Hippocampus Magazine, September 2025

Shigeru Ochi’s Long History, Macalester Today, August 2025, and reprinted in Discover Nikkei, September 2025

Interview: Sarah Boon, Author of Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist, Hippocampus Magazine, July 2025

Interview: Suzanne Cope, Author of Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis, Hippocampus Magazine, May 2025

Interivew: Joanna Rubin Dranger, Author of Remember Us to Life, Hippocampus Magazine, April 2025

Interview: Tamara J. Walker, Author of Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad, Hippocampus Magazine, September 2024

Interview: Ellen van Neerven, Author of Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity, Hippocampus Magazine, July 2024

“Clouded Waters, Clear Vision,” Macalester Today, Spring 2024

Interview: Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki, Author of Dancing Into the Light: An Arab-American Girlhood in the Middle East, Hippocampus Magazine, November 2023

Interview: Mary Helen Stefaniak, Author of The Six-Minute Memoir, Hippocampus Magazine, October 2023

Interview: Qin Sun Stubis, Author of Once Our Lives, Hippocampus Magazine, June 2023

“Danger Zone,” Macalester Today, Winter 2022

“A Space to GLOW,” Macalester Today, Summer 2020

A Conversation with Tabitha Blankenbiller, Split Lip Magazine, April 2018

“Fighting for Justice with Faith,” Macalester Today, Fall 2019

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Writing Craft

“Keep Showing Up, Keep Listening, Keep Looking: Ann Patchett on Writing and Life”, Brevity blog, May 2025

“Why I Started a Podcast with My Writing Partner,” Nicole Dieker, June 2021

“The Elements of Fiction: on Science in Fiction,” Distillations blog, December 2017

“On Beat,” Brevity blog, November 2017

“How to Tell A True Resistance Story: Fiction and History.” The Writer’s Chronicle, December 2014

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Essays

“A Lesson from the National Front,” sneaker wave magazine, November 2024

“My Heart Will Go On,” Talking Writing, September 2019

“Mise en scene in Marseille,” Wanderlust, June 2019

“Running with Toni Morrison,” Breathe Free Press, Vol. 3, April 2018

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History, Public History, and Museums

“Bearing Witness”: Reflection, Community, and Building Support for Memorial Museum Workers, National Council of Public History’s History@Work, May 2024

“Best Museums for Kids in Philly,” Mommy Poppins, November 2023

“Best Science Museums and Places to Explore Science in Philly,” Mommy Poppins, September 2022

“Out of History’s Margins,” Macalester Today, Summer 2021

“Lecture Notes: Rumors in History,” Macalester Today, Winter 2021

“Points of Struggle, Points of Pride,” Macalester Today, Spring 2020

“Life and Death in Dioramas,” Lady Science, September 2017

“Conserving the Stories They Tell,” Distillations blog, September 2017

“A Recipe For Good Health,” Distillations, Spring 2017

“The Joy of Cooking,” Distillations blog, February 2017

“Women in Science,” Distillations, Winter 2016

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Intergenerational Dialogue

“Mactivism,” Macalester Today, Spring 2023

“Best Things to Do in Wilmington, Delaware with Kids,” Mommy Poppins, April 2023

“Be Less Thrifty and More Thoughtful,” The Billfold, January 2019

“A Generation Apart,” Lady Science, May 2018

“Stories from the Ages,” Horizons column, fall 2015-present

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Short Fiction

“Dwell Time,” The Madison Review, fall 2025

“Part of Your World,” For Page and Screen Magazine, August 2025

“Landmark Decision,” Dogwood, May 2020

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Book Reviews