“Oil and Water—I” | Belt Magazine – On oil pipelines, the Great Lakes, and the complicated mixing of oil and water.
“Oil and Water—II” | Belt Magazine – A “Toxic Tour” of the Whiting Refinery, on the southern shores of Lake Michigan.
“Chicago Notebook” | Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology (print only) – On moving to Chicago, moving away from Chicago, and the impossibility of ever truly leaving a place.
“The Last, First Miami Speakers” | Belt Magazine – On language reclamation and the racist history of Native assimilation projects in the United States.
“Seeing the Maumee River” | Old Northwest Review (print only) – An exploration of the history and ecology of the Maumee River, which led to my first book.
“Family Bones” | Belt Magazine (also collected in Voices from the Rust Belt) – Searching for my roots in rural Indiana; also featuring my grandparents’ house.
“The Future of Rochester is Written on the Subway Walls“ | SPACES Quarterly – Graffiti, abandoned subway tunnels, and hope: Rochester, New York’s underground art scene.
“Blood, Sweat, and Tears on the Tracks” | Belt Magazine – Steam Locomotive No. 765, and the man for whom trains are family.
