June 2, 2016
Coming Alive in Familiar Territory
I was on the phone with a literary magazine editor who had recently accepted one of my stories for publication. The call was drawing to a close when I decided […]
February 29, 2016
On Poverty
In the wake of Claire Vaye Watkins’s “On Pandering,” there were many responses; notably, critiques of the essay’s failure to address the author’s white privilege. But no one addressed class […]