Address Book
Passengers Journal, 2021
On the death of a parent

Linie Aquavit
Mud Season Review, 2020
On the end of a marriage

The Book of Athea
Self-published, 2020
On the search for family

The Train at Wood's Crossing
Bunk, 2018
On the lynching of John Henry James

Jefferson's Shadow
Self-published, 2017
On a university and its difficult past

History Writ Aright
Bunk, 2017
On a statue and the fights over history

The Case of the Hungry Stranger
The Morning News, 2013
On searching for a father who walked out

Stories from the Lost Nation
Colorado Review, 2009
On mapping a troubled history along the backroads of Iowa

Hiking Gubong-san
Spike Magazine, 2003
On wanting to escape

Mise Éire
Maine Times, 2002
On peeling back the scar of language

Into Hot Air
Maine Times, 2001
On climbing Katahdin and exploring a myth

This Is Not a Review of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
In Healing (Lee Gutkind, ed.), 2001
On learning to fail

Lost in Clinton County
The Scattering Conference, University College Cork, 1997
On wondering which direction is home