Select publications and editing projects from my twenty years of freelancing
Book Reviews
“Lessons at the Louvre: Thomas Schlesser’s ‘Mona’s Eyes,’ Translated from French by Hildegarde Serle,” Reading in Translation, May 18, 2026. https://readingintranslation.com/2026/05/18/thomas-schlessers-monas-eyes/
“Kristen Hall-Geisler Visits D. Harlan Wilson’s Kubrickian Filmmind ‘Strangelove Country,’” Heavy Feather Review, May 11, 2026. https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/05/11/strangelove-country/
Essays
“Meaning in Minneapolis,” Pittsburgh Review of Books, January 27, 2026. https://pghrev.com/meaning-in-minneapolis/
Academic
“Suit Up! The Business Suit as Myth and Revolution in ‘The Intuitionist,’” Fashion Highlight no.7 (2026), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-3819
Editing Awards
Patricia Haim, Lifelines: A Viennese Family’s Letters from Home and Exile, 1938–1947, January 2026, Historical silver medalist, Feathered Quill Book Awards
Gerry Robinson, The Cheyenne Story, Spring 2020, Western Heritage Awards: Best Western Novel
Joyce Cherry Cresswell, A Great Length of Time, November 2015, Winner, Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, Oregon Book Awards
Automotive Journalism
“Winter Tires Really Do Make a Difference in the White Stuff,” How Stuff Works, January 2018. https://auto.howstuffworks.com/winter-tires-make-a-difference-in-snow.htm
“Renault ZOE Writes ‘On the Road’ Fan Fic, Becomes First AI Hipster,” TechCrunch, April 11, 2017. https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/renault-zoe-writes-on-the-road-fanfic-becomes-first-ai-hipster/
“What the New NHTSA Guidelines Mean for Self-Driving Cars,” TechCrunch, October 4, 2016. https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/04/what-the-new-nhtsa-guidelines-mean-for-self-driving-cars/
“Owners Who Are Happy When the Engine Doesn’t Start,” New York Times, May 9, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/automobiles/owners-who-are-happy-when-the-engine-doesnt-start.html (gift link here)
“Squeezing 4-Wheeled Masterpieces Into the Museum,” New York Times, June 10, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/automobiles/12MUSEUM.html (gift link here)
“Will Buying a Hybrid Really Pay Off?” How Stuff Works, 2010. https://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/hybrid-technology/buying-hybrid-pay-off.htm
“Small Times,” Portland Monthly, May 19, 2009. https://www.pdxmonthly.com/style-and-shopping/2009/05/0908-bottomline
“Roar of the Engines? It’s an Electric Hum,” New York Times, November 25, 2007. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/automobiles/25DRAG.html (gift link here)