In Every Cup of Tea, a Memory of My Parents—and Their Last Years at Home
Medium
Years ago, I did a reading of this essay at a writer's conference. It's a memory piece, and its quietness is likely one reason it never found a home. (I've now published it myself on Medium.) However, two fellow writers who were at that conference have more than once recalled the essay to me years after hearing it that one time. I say this not to brag but to thank them for inspiring me to keep it alive. I've since reframed it slightly and, by necessity, changed the tense from present to past.
Medium
Years ago, I did a reading of this essay at a writer's conference. It's a memory piece, and its quietness is likely one reason it never found a home. (I've now published it myself on Medium.) However, two fellow writers who were at that conference have more than once recalled the essay to me years after hearing it that one time. I say this not to brag but to thank them for inspiring me to keep it alive. I've since reframed it slightly and, by necessity, changed the tense from present to past.
Last Will
Medium
I wrote this essay some years ago. It never found a home, so I revised it, and it still never found a home. I've now created my own home for it because it's simply a story that, for better or worse, I believe in and want to put out there. Its title all along has been "Last Will," but I gave it a more SEO-friendly headline for Medium.
Medium
I wrote this essay some years ago. It never found a home, so I revised it, and it still never found a home. I've now created my own home for it because it's simply a story that, for better or worse, I believe in and want to put out there. Its title all along has been "Last Will," but I gave it a more SEO-friendly headline for Medium.
Amid Coronavirus, Remembering Another Invisible Enemy
Medium
Revisited essay originally published in Newsday
Medium
Revisited essay originally published in Newsday
First Run
100 Word Story
Honorable mention, Best Microfiction 2019
(yes, even though it's nonfiction)
The Big 5-5*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
The Weight of Unknowing*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
Let's Talk About That Tattoo
The Washington Post
One Last Time*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
Pierced
The North American Review*
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
*Reprinted here in Redux literary journal
Sustenance
Common Boundary
The Visible Man
Common Boundary
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
Room at the Table
Common Boundary
The Picture Inside the Frame
Common Boundary
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
100 Word Story
Honorable mention, Best Microfiction 2019
(yes, even though it's nonfiction)
The Big 5-5*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
The Weight of Unknowing*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
Let's Talk About That Tattoo
The Washington Post
One Last Time*
Washingtonian
*Original print title
Pierced
The North American Review*
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
*Reprinted here in Redux literary journal
Sustenance
Common Boundary
The Visible Man
Common Boundary
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
Room at the Table
Common Boundary
The Picture Inside the Frame
Common Boundary
Cited as a notable essay in The Best American Essays
