writing
Samples of pieces written for classes or personal benefit

Fiction (short stories)

  • Bolt

  • Dinner For Two

  • Dying Every Five Minutes

  • Floating

  • The Jumpers

  • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

    Poetry

    I am primarily a poet. I have been published four times - The Cream City Review, California Quarterly, The Ibbetson Street Press, and The Art Times. The poem published in The Cream City Review was also reprinted by US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry project. I will not post much poetry here, since I regularly submit poems for possible publication, but here are a couple ones that are not suitable for publication, but that are somewhat interesting.

  • The Stone

  • Spam Poem -- poem inspired by spam e-mail

    Non-fiction

    Written after college:

  • Steve Burns, live -- a concert review

  • "Sucked Out" by Superdrag -- a reflection

  • All He Wants: The evolution of Glen Phillips and Toad the Wet Sprocket -- an essay

  • "Hang on Mike" by Candy Butchers -- a review

  • "Laid" by James -- a reflection

  • "These Days" by Nico -- a reflection

    Written during college:

  • Spring and How I Found It -- a personal essay

  • Deli Haus -- literary nonfiction

  • alt.music.barenaked-ladies -- article about the BNL Usenet newsgroup

  • Trinkets -- a personal essay

  • Holocaust Survivor Syndrome -- A research essay written in high school

  • professional writing
  • More information, including list of articles and links to clips