nonfiction

Op-eD in The Chicago Tribune

I address the disparities between the treatment by the police.

Chicago Magazine

My mother, Dolores, lost her father as a child but avoided discussing the night he died — until one evening during the pandemic.

THE TOAST MAGAZINE

This essay, “On Fertility” selected by Roxane Gay, is no longer available on their website, so I’ve attached a PDF. The essay was featured in Vela Magazine as a “Women We Read This Week.” The editos said, “‘On Fertility’” is a captivating essay that weaves family history and religion into the author’s story of enduring multiple pregnancy losses and eventually giving birth to two girls.

“The imagery and sensory details she evokes of the Irish landscape are marvelous, as are her metaphors of this now-fertile landscape once bearing witness to barrenness and famine. In answer to the scene of her miscarriage experience, we are treated to the scene of the birth of the author’s first child—but this isn’t your typical “it’ll happen for you if you just relax,” self-help story of overcoming infertility.”

HUMOR: “Three Lunatic Misunderstandings of the Urban Midwest” published in Essay Daily.