Selected Publications
Fiction
Never Have I Known a Single Goddamn Thing (3:AM Magazine)
Creative Nonfiction
A Day at the Fair (MID LVL MAG)
On Film
Popping My Titanic Cherry (The Daily Beast)
Are the Politics of Jason Statham’s ‘Beekeeper’ Actually Dangerous? (The Daily Beast)
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Is a Film About Seattle’s Soul (Seattle Met)
A new filmmakers hub emerges at Seattle Center (Seattle Times)
Joaquin Phoenix is the Sad Boy Napoleon We Deserve (The Daily Beast)
On Nicolas Cage, Vampires, and Renfield (The Daily Beast)
Oppenheimer’s Sexy Nerds (The Daily Beast)
The Boys in the Boat Reminds Us How Much Seattle Has Changed (Seattle Met)
Indie Movie Theaters Are Finding Their Audience (Seattle Met)
On Books
Amor Towles flashes new skills in Table for Two (Washington Post)
A comet blazes through a promising debut in Bright Objects (Washington Post)
Chuck Palahniuk’s Shock Induction features old and new tricks (Seattle Times)
Q&A with Naomi Alderman, on The Future (Seattle Times)
Q&A with Elmer Dixon, Seattle Black Panther Party Cofounder, on Die Standing (Seattle Times)
Into the Gray with Karl Marlantes (The Seattle Times)
Old Town Tacoma featured in Katrina Carrasco’s Rough Trade (Seattle Times)
Noé Álvarez Investigates His Roots Through Music (Seattle Times)
In Denis Johnson, Darkness Met Delight (The Millions)
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt (The Millions)
Molly McGhee Wants to Rethink the Way We Work (The Millions)
KEXP DJ’s new book lists 101 songs that make up ‘The Sound of Seattle’ (Seattle Times)
The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela (Rain Taxi)
Ross McMeekin Features PNW in Debut Short Story Collection (Seattle Times)
At Seattle’s Literary Open Mics, Writers Find Community (Seattle Times)
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (Bridge Eight)
Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary (The Adroit Journal)
The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (PA)
50 Years of Island Books (Seattle Times)
The Latinist by Mark Prins (PA)
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (PA)
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara(PA)
Lake City by Thomas Kohnstamm(PA)
On Music
Jazz Has a New Home in Seattle. One Caveat: The Place Is ‘For Lease.’ (New York Times)
How Kenny G Found His Seattle Groove (Seattle Met)
Pedro the Lion talks upcoming Seattle-based album ahead of Neumos show (Seattle Times)
Q&A With Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, On Jazz Alley Debut (Seattle Times)
How a Historic Anacortes Church Turned into a Destination Recording Studio (Seattle Met)
Ballad of the Working Musician: On Music and Day Jobs (Seattle Met)
Robert Knatt, inspirational Seattle jazz educator, dies at 76 (Seattle Times)
Tequila Funk Odyssey: REPOSADO Cover Story (Earshot Jazz)
Seattle musician Abbey Blackwell on leaving Alvvays, going solo (Seattle Times)
Jovino Santos Neto, after storied Cornish career, now pianist for hire (Seattle Times)
Ron Weinstein Is on Fire – Cover Story (Earshot Jazz)
Multifaceted musician Robin Holcomb talks career arc ahead of new album (Seattle Times)
Bill Frisell, giant of PNW jazz, returns for Jazz Alley shows (Seattle Times)
Changing Music Ed With “The Beth and Kelly Show” (Earshot Jazz)
Remembering Seattle’s Teen Music Ban (Seattle Met)
Seattle saxophonist Skerik kicks off Earshot Jazz Festival 2024 residency (Seattle Times)
Video games meet big band jazz at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall (Seattle Times)
At Westerlies Fest 2024, band members honor their Seattle jazz roots (Seattle Times)
Jazz is the Lens: A Sit-down with Paul de Barros & Alexa Peters (Earshot Jazz)
Record Store Day 2024 includes releases from historical Seattle jazz shows (Seattle Times)
The Alley Life: An Interview with Ari Dimitriou (Earshot Jazz)
‘Songs of Black Folk’ celebrates Juneteenth and rich musical tradition (Seattle Times)
In the Workshop With Jazz Quartet Type 85 (Earshot Jazz)
Mack Waldron, Owner of Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club, Dies at 82 (Seattle Times)
Concert Honors Clarence Acox, a Titan of Seattle Jazz Education (Seattle Times)
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder: Earshot Fest ’23 Preview (Earshot Jazz)
Decoding Jazz: Tuesdays @ Seattle’s Owl & Thistle (PA)
A Jazz Primer: Trading Fours at Seattle’s Owl & Thistle (Earshot Jazz)
Album Reviews
Bill Anschell – Improbable Solutions (Earshot Jazz)
Julian Priester & David Haney – Live at Earshot (Earshot Jazz)
Ricksplund – I Want to Be (Earshot Jazz)
Show Reviews
Bumbershoot ’24 (PA)
Christian McBride (PA)
Pat Metheny (PA)
Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding (PA)
Day In / Day Out Festival ’23 (PA)
Yellowjackets (PA)
Mike Stern (PA)
Marcus Miller (PA)
Keyon Harrold (PA)
Dave Holland (PA)
Karl Denson (PA)
On Sports
Caitlin Clark Draws a Crowd. But the Storm Deserve Our Lasting Attention. (Seattle Met)
On Politics
Making of a Politician: Millennial Girmay Zahilay on the Move (PA)
2022: Escaping the End-of-year Doom Loop (PA)