I like to write things.
I wrote (well dictated) my first story to my Aunt Sarah at the ripe old age of 4. It involved such weighty themes as extinction, death (of the dinosaur variety) and resurrection, specifically of my froggy, “only half of him went to heaven.”
Now, twenty years later, I’m still writing, most recently for the AV Club, BUST, io9, Gizmodo, MarySue, Stage & Candor, Film Daily, among others.
Featured Writing
What do dancing and the Black Death have in common? More than you might think! Delve into the wacky history of Germany's 1374 dancing plague, the gyrating skeletons of the Danse Macabre, and the strange rituals of the flagellants.
Your Hair is Long for World Nomads
A personal essay about grief, a farm in rural Maine, and the strangeness of hair growth.
Read my ranting and raving about why Game of Thrones should not be used as the litmus test for what the Middle Ages was like, especially when it comes to the ladies.
How A Doll’s House Part 2 and Brett Kavanaugh Taught An Actor How To Listen for Stage & Candor
What does it take to make a nation listen? What about when that same country is in the midsts of the most controversial supreme court hearing in recent memory? Maybe we all just have to learn to listen a bit more as I posit in this personal essay.
The new Godzilla film has got this medievalist thinking a lot about the creatures that are coming to define our time. Check out the full article to see how I unpack the medieval and filmic origins of Godzilla and their monstrous, kaiju friends.
That’s right, 10 years after Twilight, and we still have to unpack the baggage of our tween obsession. What did Twilight teach our younger selves about virginity? Nothing good certainly.
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