Black Friday
"It was black Friday for days, black Friday for months..."
8 Years of Journalism in Verse
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Disinherited: A Lament
We once wore the white viburnum of suffragists. And now?
Disabled, After Trump Wins
For West Virginia's most vulnerable, the Trump win is poised to take more than it gives.
2024 Election
While Viewing the 2024 Exit Polls
Kamala stepped and shone.
Counting on Mountains
In the chill of bitter loss, mountains offer solace.
Hearts & Bones
Today, I am a placeholder for a vote that hasn't yet been cast.
Patriotism
A jubilant celebration and a fresh wound, all at once.
Heartsick, But Singing
Today, America needs us more than ever.
26 Doors in Racine, Wisconsin
America's fault lines are deepening. Just ask an election canvasser.
Hope Again / Again, Hope
For an election with no easy answers.
I Buy a Star Projector to Get Me Through the Election
It wasn’t easy. It isn’t now. It won’t be, ever.
Hallowed
We are on our own together with only as much magic as we remember how to find.
Cul-De-Sac
In America, shared fences are easier to find than shared realities.
Forty-Two Days Until the Election
In the lead-up to the vote, omens and anxieties are hard to tell apart.
Miscarriage
A letter to the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, making miscarriage deadlier than ever.
Poetics of A.I.
Betsy Ross Decides to Burn A Flag
Is the AI revolution following in the footsteps of an American one?
Feu d’Artifice
What is Big Tech asking our children to forget?
Clarity Is Not My Forte
Log notes from an existential crisis in the machine.
Curiosity Learns
A report from the classrooms of Silicon Valley, where learning is a disappearing act.
