“Secondhand”
From 20 years away, your father’s war looks a lot like smoke…
New Letters, Summer 2020
— “Getting Ahold of the Heart,” New Letters Special Feature and Q&A.
— Pushcart Prize Nominated

“Eclipse”
To distract myself from the fact that my dog is dying, I check the headlines…
The Sun, January 2018

“Worry”
I started at the ape house during my first semester of academic probation…
The Missouri Review, Summer 2016
— Finalist, 2015 Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize for Essay
— Selected as a Notable Essay in the 2017 Best American Essays anthology

“No Machine”
When the sun is two trees up, the learners call Clyde to the room for work…
Electric Literature’s The Commuter (vol 33), October 2018

“Researchers seek treatments for veterans combating chronic injury”
—UMSL Daily, November 2015

“MIMH certifies first deaf Mental Health First Aid instructors”
—UMSL Daily, May 2015

“Ferguson Clergy Revitalization Breakfast hosted at UMSL”
—MIMH.edu News, November, 2014