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\n Short Fiction<\/a>\n
\n Select Essays & Journalism<\/a>\n
\n Honors<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Short Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe Own the Jetty\u201d <\/strong>
Pangyrus<\/a><\/em> (June 23, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy We\u2019re Swimming With the Fishes\u201d <\/strong>
The Drum<\/a><\/em> (Issue 14 – July, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWater Snakes\u201d <\/strong>
Narrative<\/a><\/em> (Fall, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow to Be Sure You Want to Be a Farm Girl\u201d <\/strong>
Hacks Anthology<\/em> (Volume 1, Number 1 – Summer, 2007)
Carve Magazine<\/em> (Volume 7, Number 3 – May 1, 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Icarus Summer”<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 1, Issue 4 – Spring, 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Essays & Journalism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“The Resume”<\/strong>
Creative Nonfiction<\/a><\/em> (Issue 74 – Winter 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBallpoint Brontosaurus\u201d <\/strong>
Brevity Word Press<\/a><\/em> (July 12, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the Doctor Taught Me\u201d<\/strong>
The Drum<\/a><\/em> (Issue 60 – April, 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGenre Feeding Genre: A Novelist\u2019s Adventure in Screenwriting\u201d <\/strong>
Grub Street Daily<\/a><\/em> (April 18, 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow I Spent My Nano Vacation\u201d <\/strong>
Grub Street Daily<\/a><\/em> (December 3, 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Writer as Performance Artist\u201d <\/strong>
Grub Street Daily<\/a><\/em> (June 5, 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHanging with Jodi Piccoult: At a Tarot Reading, the Author Looks for Answers and Doesn’t Like What She Hears\u201d <\/strong>
The Boston Globe<\/em> (April 11, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeter Guralnick\u2019s American Roots\u201d<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 4, Issue 1 – Summer 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly Fools Rush In: A Defense of Elvis, Hookers, Vegas and Research\u201d<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 3, Issue 3 – Summer 2006) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNetworking for Hermits; Think Not What Your Writing Community Can Do For You, But What You Can Do For Your Community\u201d<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 3, Issue 2 – Fall 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Conversation with Arthur Golden\u201d <\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 3, Issue 1 – Summer 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRevised Resolutions; Set and Achieve Realistic Writing Goals\u2014Start Here\u201d<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 2, Issue 4 – Spring 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaking the Most of the Manuscript Mart; Prepare for Your Consultation with an Agent or Editor\u201d<\/strong>
The Free Press<\/em> (Volume 2, Issue 4 – Spring 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Magic Touch; A Conversation with Writer Jane Yolen\u201d<\/strong>
The Boston Parents\u2019 Paper<\/em> (Volume XIII, No. 6 – January 2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShattered Lives; Family Homelessness in Massachusetts\u201d<\/strong>
The Boston Parents\u2019 Paper<\/a><\/em> (Volume XVII, No. 6 – December 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The Hands That Rock the Cradle Rule the World\u2019; Bay State Mothers March for Gun Control\u201d<\/strong>
The Boston Parents\u2019 Paper<\/em> (Volume XVI, No. 12 – June 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Second Place, Pangyrus Fiction Contest, \u201cWe Own the Jetty\u201d<\/strong>
Forthcoming in Pangyrus<\/a><\/em> (June 23, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2022, \u201cThe Resume\u201d<\/strong>
Creative Nonfiction<\/a><\/em> (Issue 74 – Winter 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top-25 Finalist, Glimmer Train\u2019s <\/em> Short Story Award for New Writers<\/a> <\/strong>
September\/October 2017 for \u201cWe Own the Jetty”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipient, Emerging Artist Award <\/strong>
St. Botolph Club Foundation (2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panelist, \u201cNew Approaches to Teaching Novel Writing\u201d<\/strong>
AWP Conference (2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place, Bluestem AWP Postcard Contest, \u201cSnow Globe\u201d <\/strong>
Bluestem Magazine (2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panelist, 2009 Writing Life Round Table<\/strong>
Harvard University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finalist, 2006 Raymond Carver Short Story Award, \u201cHow to Be Sure You Want to Be a Farm Girl\u201d <\/strong>
Carve Magazine<\/em> (Volume 7, Number 3 – May 1, 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipient, 2006 Ivan Gold Fiction Fellowship<\/strong>
The Writers\u2019 Room of Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place, Grub Street Fiction Contest, \u201cIcarus Summer\u201d <\/strong>
The Free Press<\/a><\/em> (Volume 1, Issue 4 – Spring, 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Teaching Fellowship <\/strong>
Boston University Creative Writing Program Fall (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl S. Ell Scholarship<\/strong>
Northeastern University (Fall 1993 – Spring 1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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