Of the Wolf
I stayed in Ireland for two weeks, a visitor, a tourist. Everywhere Sinead and I would go, we’d play a game Sinead invented called “Spot the American.”
Call for Submissions: Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Trick or Treat
Celebrating the season in one Chicago "Halloween neighborhood."
Call for Submissions: Gary Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about Gary, Indiana, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Black Midwest Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about the Black Midwest to be published by Belt Publishing.
Between Old House and New
Coming to terms with a complicated family legacy on an Illinois farm.
How to Integrate a Chicago Neighborhood
In three (not so) easy steps.
Rebel Girl of West Ridge
From the Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.
The Real Walleye Capital of the World
A writer goes in search of a community worthy of the title—and her own Midwestern identity.