"Horse, Therapy is a story of my own experience and is a commentary on trauma, both in animals and humans."
“Manslation” explores several episodes from the author’s childhood and early adulthood that show the development of his sexual literacy.
"This is an autoetnography of a black fatherhood journey which encapsulates my hopes, my fears, my love of baby and mother, while trying my best to make sense of a Black fatherhood I wanted so very dearly."
"This is an autoethnographic narrative where I use my own marriage to tell a story about love, bodily autonomy, acceptance and illness."
"This is my childhood memory of realizing the power of laughter when everything interior and exterior makes me scared."
In the autoethnographic "Spinach Lasagna", the narrator joins a family of southern Italians and learns that grieving is cultural.
Confessions of an ESL Student explores the significant role that English study played in my development as a student and adult.
I wrote a study of my own faith, bankrupt as it may be, using story of my father, through the lens of Jewishness as I define it for myself.
This particular piece, "What is Human, Remains" looks back at my first year as a teacher, and the unexpected activism in my students.
The process of seeking pregnancy alone (by necessity, not choice) showed me how limited reproductive rights in the U.S. truly are—even before the recent loss of Roe vs. Wade, that policy that had so shaped my generation’s belief in our bodily autonomy.
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."