How I Plotted My Way to Romance

I was in my third year of MFA school, that niche hotbed of sex, lust, mistakes, sex, and—if you’re…

A Rationalist’s Guide to Religion

How I learned to be comfortable talking about God

An Elephant Pilgrimage

We are in Africa so my mother can see elephants. She has a special reason for loving elephants. One saved her life when…

My Father Died

And all I got was this lousy cross to bear

That’s All We Are

Conversation about life and memories with an Illinois farmer