“The Theory and Practice of Rivers” | Cleveland Metroparks
A talk delivered in Cleveland, Ohio, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire.

“Cedar Creek Corridor: Changes in the Land” | ACRES Quarterly
A long essay on the Cedar Creek corridor, in support of a project by ACRES Land Trust (buy the booklet here).

“Losing the Farm” | Belt Magazine
“The story of the twentieth century in American agriculture is a story, mainly, of exodus.”

“Margins” | Terrain.org
On the places between places, and what it means to belong somewhere.

“The Iconic Windmills that Made the American West” | Atlas Obscura
The life and times of the classic American self-regulating water pump windmill.

“The Oil Pipelines Putting the Great Lakes at Risk” | Belt Magazine
On oil pipelines, the Great Lakes, and the complicated mixing of oil and water.

“What the River Knows” | ACRES Quarterly
Why I decided to walk from one end of the Maumee River to the other.

“Chicago Notebook” | Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology
On moving to Chicago, moving away from Chicago, and the impossibility of ever truly leaving a place.

“Seeing the Maumee River” | Old Northwest Review
The essay that became my first book.

“Family Bones” | Belt Magazine
Searching for my roots in rural Indiana. Also featuring my grandparents’ house.