Writing

Publications: short fiction & creative non-fiction

“A Space Between Doors” published in Stone Canoe #14 | March, 2020

“The Helicopter” published in Issue 5 of Cagibi | January, 2019

“Eternal Life” in Summer 2018 issue of Catamaran | July, 2018

“The Motel Room” in 2018 issue of Spectrum | June, 2018

“Bangr” in Fall 2017 issue of Catamaran | November, 2017

“Sir” in Fall 2017 issue of Crannóg | October, 2017

“The Mall Walker” in Fiddleblack #1 | September, 2011

“The Accident Room,” in Transfer | 2009

“My Friend, Luke,” in Transfer | 2008

“Baptism,” in Susurrus | 2008

Publications: selected journalism and criticism

A breakdown of $69 billion in federal Covid relief to the nation’s colleges and universities with Daniel J. Willis | Education | EdSource, 2021

Where teachers find affordable housing in California | Education | EdSource, April 2019

“Kingdoms of the Border” in Winter Issue of Full Stop Quarterly | Essay | January, 2018

Projects

Riff Magazine | author archive | contributing writer 2017-2021, logo redesign

Forwardslash, 2015- | creative technology blog

San Francisco Public Press | editorial design advisor, 2012-2013 | logo design, infographics, co-created broadsheet print newspaper

Creosote Journal, Editorial and Design Director / co-founder, 2011-2014 | author archive | arts, culture and travel

Sacramento News and Review | author archive | contributing writer, news dept. intern 2005 – 2007 | arts, culture, travel

More selected articles

White youth subcultures and Black music in “Northern Soul” and “Quadrophenia” | Music | Riff, March 2021

Thundercat Storms San Francisco | Music | Riff, December 2018

File Box of Threats | Data journalism | Forwardslash, February 2017

Thync, the High-Tech High | Tech | Forwardslash, October 2016

What Muay Thai Teaches You About Feedback | Communication | Medium, August 2016

Sounds of Digital Bamako | Tech, Music | Forwardslash, July 2015

Ten Things to Do in Oaxaca City | Travel | Creosote Journal, October 2013

Hecho en Oaxaca | Art | Creosote Journal, September 2013

Not Yet Lost: Golden West and the Craft of Sign Painting | Art, Design | Creosote Journal, August 2012

Dystopian Rainbows | Art |Creosote Journal, September 2011

A Black Panther’s Guide to Oakland | Urban History | Creosote Journal, July 2011

Urban Lions | Ecology | Creosote Journal, February 2011

Hotel Workers Strike, Seek New Settlement | Labor | SF Public Press, November 2009

One Man’s Dishes | Books | Sacramento News & Review, July 2007

A Tour Underground | Books, Travel | Sacramento News & Review, August 2006

State of Emergency | Immigration, Human Rights | Sacramento News & Review, December 2006

The Other Americas | Travel | Sacramento News & Review, May 2006

Readings and public appearances

Panel presentation at the Marxist Literary Group conference, June 2022

Catamaran release event, Santa Cruz, July 2018

Catamaran release event, Santa Cruz, November 2017

Litquake, San Francisco, 2010

Needles and Pens, SF and Rock, Paper, Scissors Oakland, part of a zine tour by Rad Dad creator Tomas Moniz, 2010

Why There Are Words, Sausalito, March 2010

Peninsula Literary Series, Palo Alto 2010

San Francisco State University Transfer release events, 2008, 2009

Sacramento City College release event for Sussurrus, 2008