Other Creative Writing
Alongside my more philosophical personal essays, I write not-particularly-philosophical personal essays and humor pieces here and there.
Personal essays
Elevation
On the erotics of elevators. Colorado Review, 2022. (A “notable” in Best American Essays 2023.)
Sea-dreaming
On the non-existence of the Atlantic Ocean. Landfall, 2022.
Exile in Catville
On a celebrity cat and existential dislocation. Another Chicago Magazine, 2021.
Hotel Tennessee
On California and time. The Los Angeles Review, 2021.
Gimme Shelter
On confinement and philosophy. The Point, 2020.
Love is a Nine-letter Word
On my dad and word games. The New York Times, 2018.
Humor
Writing Advice To My Students That Would Also Have Been Good Sex Advice For My High-school Boyfriends
McSweeney’s, 2017. Reprinted in Keep Scrolling Until You Feel Something (McSweeney’s, 2019.)
International Maritime Signal Flags That Would Be Useful During Sex
McSweeney’s, 2017.
Samuel Beckett Responds To Messages I Received on Tinder
McSweeney’s, 2018.
Hello Twelve-Year-Old Reader, My Name Is Heathcliff And I Am Sorry That I Am About To Ruin Your Future Romantic Life
McSweeney’s, 2019.
Welcome To The Hindenburg Review Writers Workshop
The Rumpus, 2017.