Selected Publications
Complications of captivity
Published in October, 2025 in Bellevue Literary Review, this essay is a meditation about cruelty and justice. It tells the story of the massacre of the flamingos at the Philadelphia Zoo.
Memoir | Essay | Poetry
Complications of Captivity
Published in October, 2025 in Bellevue Literary Review, this essay is a meditation about cruelty and justice. It tells the story of the massacre of the flamingos at the Philadelphia Zoo.
Love, Shame and 325 Bags of Trash
This essay was published on May 22, 2025 in Psyche. It explores the relationship between hoarding and the writing process.
Drowning in Debris
A Daughter Faces Her Mother's Hoarding (March/April 2023)
Palm Reading
Poem published by The Night Heron Barks (2023)
Churn
”Churn” is a lyrical essay about the discovery and cleanup of my mother's hoarding house (December, 2021)
What We Hold On To
This chapter from my memoir appeared in The Woven Tale Press (June, 2022)
A Tale of Two Primates
The “Menagerie” series explored strange and diverse ways the human and animal worlds intersect (October 26, 2014)
Taking a Step Forward
The difficult dance of marriage and the struggle to connect during infertility treatment are the topics of a humorous “Modern Love” (December 15, 2011)
After Nothing
A poem inspired by a news story about a kidnapped girl (Fall 2008).
Why We Needed a Prenup with Our Contractor
How do some home renovation contractors behave like bad boyfriends? In a funny “Modern Love” essay, you'll find out. (October 28, 2007)
Pivot
This poetic essay journeys through grief and my work with clients who are dying (2006)
Barren
Coming to terms with a lost dream is the theme of this essay (2002)