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You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
On writing, friendship, and community
Jul 31
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Ways of Not Knowing
On art, interpretation, and what we never fully know
Jul 13
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The Writer’s Task: To Capture Feeling in Flux
On crafting characters who live in contradiction and change
Jul 7
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June 2025
Bookended by Loss
On the Death of My Mother, the Memory of My Father, and the Creative Life That Bridges Them
Jun 15
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May 2025
Turn Off Your Screens. Come Talk Crime Fiction.
No filters. No lag. Just stories, authors, and real conversation. Here’s where I’ll be this June—join me.
May 27
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The NEA Is Under Fire—And So Is American Imagination
When politics targets culture, it’s not just funding at stake—it’s our collective imagination, memory, and future.
May 12
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The NEA Is Under Fire—And So Is American Imagination
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In Defense of the Slow-Burn Crime Story
Why slow-burn crime fiction offers deeper, more lasting impact.
May 6
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In Defense of the Slow-Burn Crime Story
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April 2025
Queer Icons. Killer Stories. Why Crime Ink Matters Now
An homage to queer icons, a reclamation of space in crime fiction, and a reminder that resistance often begins with storytelling.
Apr 21
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Queer Icons. Killer Stories. Why Crime Ink Matters Now
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The Art of What’s Left Out
Teaching subtext in literary and genre fiction without falling for the high/low divide
Apr 16
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March 2025
History’s Playbook: The Lavender Scare, Trump, and the Politics of Fear
My novel Hall of Mirrors explores the dangers of McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare—history that feels unsettlingly relevant today as Trump recycles the…
Mar 4
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History’s Playbook: The Lavender Scare, Trump, and the Politics of Fear
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February 2025
Slippery Suspects: The White Lotus as a Riff on Agatha Christie
How The White Lotus plays with classic whodunit conventions, queer desire, and the unsettling thrill of not knowing who—or what—is lurking beneath the…
Feb 18
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Slippery Suspects: The White Lotus as a Riff on Agatha Christie
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Reckoning with Problematic Writers: Can We Separate Art from the Artist?
Navigating the ethics of teaching authors who have left an indelible mark on literature—while also carrying deeply troubling legacies.
Feb 11
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Reckoning with Problematic Writers: Can We Separate Art from the Artist?
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