My 😍 agent (@juliestevensonpfarr ) thought my book was missing a chapter about the foundation of my love for the #ocean and I wrote this (soft, lyrical) #essay in response. This week, @thefourthriver published the piece and I do believe the theme…
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MY OCEANS book (draft) Finalist for The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature
The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature this year opened up submissions to unpublished manuscripts. I submitted. And a REAL (awesome) HUMAN (Deb Olin Unferth @debolinunferth )—or maybe multiple judges on a panel, I don’t…
John Burroughs Nature Essay Award Nomination
A fun little something to celebrate while I’m sitting in quarantine with (mild) covid and not checking a single item off my task list. 🙂 Image: Terrain.org nominations for the #johnburroughs Nature Essay Award 2022. Wait, I…
The 17th Day: Two Mammals Swimming in a Toxic World (Published at Terrain.org)
Excited (and a bit terrified) to share this deeply personal essay published at the wonderful at Terrain.org today. I know I am not the only one whose heart drowned in the the story of Tahlequah,…
The Endling: Facing Extinction Denial in the Eyes of the Last Vaquita @ Orion Magazine
To avoid awakening only after what we love is pronounced dead, we need to sit up. To sit upright and shake our pain awake—
until it hurts us into action.
Essay on Navigating Motherhood & Climate Grief published on HuffPost Personal
This paragraph from my HuffPost piece was cut to meet word count, so I’m reinserting it here, because I can do that. 😊 Also, super honored by the fantastic accompanying art made by @mariamedem (thank you!): “My…
“Red Talisman” published on RiverTeeth’s Beautiful Things
After enjoying “Beautiful Things” in my inbox for years, it’s a sweet honor to have a piece of my own flash, “Red Talisman” find a snug home @riverteeth_ ❤️ . . #published #flashnonfiction #beautifulthings
Newly Rep’d by Julie Stevenson of MMQLIT
Important update to my wall. I’m officially represented by @juliestevensonpfarr @mmqlit . A few months ago I found a letter in a collapsing cardboard box that my mother had shipped to me after cleaning out…
“Oncoming” Essay, published @Catapult Magazine
I have an essay published this week on Catapult about my grief for the ecological future of my children, and how I comprehend my fear of the slow-moving disaster via the acute trauma of a…
Book Project Excerpt, “Hooded,” Published on Atticus Review
I should just come out and say this: I have a book project. Here’s an excerpt, titled Hooded and published on Atticus Review. Thank you for reading! (Ps. If you have feedback, send it…