SELECTED WRITING
fiction
“Doubting the Enterprise,” Sonora Review (forthcoming)
“Shrine Room,” Bellevue Literary Review
“New Life from Dead Things,” Quarterly West
essays
“How Drake Lost the Plot,” the New Yorker
“Hit Bottom,” the New York Times Magazine
“In Praise of Unfinished Basements,” the New York Times Magazine
“Forever You,” McNeese Review
profiles
“Why Do Pop’s Biggest Stars Adore Michael Uzowuru?,” the New York Times
“The Hosts of Journalism’s Favorite Podcast Say Goodbye,” the New York Times
“The Model Behind the Athleisure Label Friends With Animals,” the New York Times
“Skip Shot,” Victory Journal
“Balmorhea’s Music is Unbound From Space and Time—but Not Texas,” Texas Monthly
“Brevin Kim’s Big, Bleeding Heart,” Spin
“Jane Remover’s Outer Space,” The FADER
“Why Bonnie’s Nostalgic Alt-Rock Searches for a Higher Meaning,” Alternative Press
“Jenny Odell Discusses the Nature of Doing Nothing,” Porter House Review
music reviews
I’m a frequent contributor at Pitchfork; here’s my author page.
1010Benja’s Ten Total (Best New Music), Pitchfork
Mk.gee’s Two Star & the Dream Police, Pitchfork
The 1975’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language, Pitchfork
Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains, Pitchfork
Sunday Review: Ja Rule’s Pain is Love, Pitchfork
“Brockhampton Breaks Up—Twice,” Texas Monthly
“The Surprising Southern Dance Roots of Beyoncé’s Renaissance,” Texas Monthly
“Drake’s Passionate, Calculated Love Affair with Houston,” Texas Monthly
On Lil Yachty’s Psychedelic Pivot, GQ
book reviews
I was a frequent contributor to the Ploughshares Blog from 2019–2021, where I wrote about books. Here’s my author page.
“Searching for an American Epistemology in Lost in Summerland,” Ploughshares
“Decoding the Silences in Gayl Jones’s Corregidora,” Ploughshares
Joseph Andras’ Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us, Ploughshares
Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet, Ploughshares
Emily Nemens’s The Cactus League, Harvard Review
Ben Lerner's The Topeka School, Porter House Review
Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads, Chicago Review of Books