Publications
My essays and articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Disability Visibility, HuffPost, RoleReboot, Bustle, The Manifest-Station, and more. My poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Yes Poetry, Okay Donkey, The East Jasmine Review, Meow Meow Pow Pow, Neologism Poetry, Occulum, and more. I’ve received a Best of the Net nomination and was a Poet of the Month for Yes Poetry.
Selected Essays and Articles
The Washington Post
“As a Teen, I Saw Myself in Rory. Now I Strive to be Like Lorelai”
The Los Angeles Times
“Third Time’s the Charm for Two Artists Online”
The Huffington Post
“I Don’t Hate You, I Have Social Anxiety”
“How an Alternative High School Saved My Life”
Disability Visibility Project
“How CBT Harmed Me: The Interview the New York Times Erased”
Bustle
“How ASMR Videos Help Me Cope with My Anxiety”
HelloGiggles
“How to Support a Loved One Who Suffers from Chronic Pain”
The Mighty
“Why I’ll Try to Be Kinder to Myself About My Chronic Illness”
“When Depression Steals Your Voice”
RoleReboot
“Anti-Depressants Almost Killed Me. They Also Saved My Life”
The Manifest-Station
Selected Poetry
Yes Poetry: Poet of the Month, “Stargazer”
EveningStandard: World Mental Health Day Feature, “Bed”
Occulum: “Our Atlas”
The East Jasmine Review: “The Wind and the Thunder” and “Mosaic”
Meow Meow Pow Pow: “Troublemaker”
BeZine: “Field Trip” and “Halt”
Glintmoon: “Where It Was Coldest”
Twin Pies Literary: “Leave Home and Return Harmed”
Okay Donkey: “Just Visiting”
Ayaskala: “All Night”
Suffering the Silence: We’re Still Here Grant Project, “Enclosed: Poems about Isolation”
Anthologies and Stories
My short story, “Sasha and Derek,” is featured in Believe Me Not: An Unreliable Anthology.
The book is a collection of amazing and strange tales told by a talented group of new and emerging writers. All proceeds go to support National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and its Young Writers Program. The anthology is available in paperback and for Amazon Kindle.
Some Kind of Moment is a free short story eBook. Here’s the synopsis:
Friendship can be confusing. 20-year-old Izzy Desmond likes killing time with Luke, an endearingly eccentric slacker, and is drifting apart from Mandy, the Beverly Hills party girl she befriended freshman year. When the three mismatched friends spend a day together at the Santa Monica Pier, Izzy tries to figure out what Luke and Mandy mean to her, and whether the connections she has with them can last.