This piece on hair describes how ideas of what is and is not fashionable, as depicted in popular media, can indelibly affect one’s self-perception and identity.
This is a song for the Passover prophet as a critique on his inability during the Covid-19 pandemic to appear and provide solace and safety.
The Ultimate Wave: Prose Poetry of the Pandemic and Parents Author’s Memo “The Wave” examines the problem of pleasure and...
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."
In this 2nd of my Processing Parental Grief series, Calliandra receives a letter from her mother weeks after her death.
"My parents drank wine with dinner every night. There’s nothing remarkable about that, but to a kid growing up in Mid-Missouri it was weird."
I strived to represent the experience of being a pediatric healthcare worker during COVID.
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
Through all of the things that separate us, there is one universal experience that transcends all barriers: love.
Narrating Estrangement is written by those who have decided to distance themselves from, or have been driven out by, their families.
In the women’s history month, The AutoEthnographer supported "Her Story Leads: Amplifying Women’s voices through digital storytelling".
This particular piece, "What is Human, Remains" looks back at my first year as a teacher, and the unexpected activism in my students.














