Publications

Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed

“‘Mine More Coal’: Embodied and Environmental ‘Sacrifice Zones’ in Upton Sinclair’s King Coal and Jack Conroy’s The Disinherited.” The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914–1945, special “Collaborative Forum on War and Environment” issue, in progress.

“The ‘Underground City’ and Invisible Bodies: Coal Mining and the Black Experience in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and Robert Armstead's Black Days, Black Dust.” Mississippi Quarterly, vol. 78 no. 1, 2026, pp. 35-51. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mss.2026.a985096.

“From ‘Dust’ to ‘Dirt’: Bodily Environmental Engagement in Henry Green’s Living.” ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isae090.

Hybrid: Scholarly and Poetry

“Carbon Glow.” How to Do Things in Turbulent Times, special issue of About Place Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2020.

Fiction

“Somewhere Worth Going.” FOLK 3, no. 2 (2013): 46-47.

“The Comforts of Home.” FOLK 3, no. 1 (2013): 44-45.

“Through the Keys of Time.” FOLK 2, no. 4 (2012): 129.

“A Summer Place.” FOLK 2, no. 3 (2012): 97

“The Old Cabin.” FOLK 2, no. 2 (2012): 19.

“Short Story.” FOLK 2, no. 1 (2012): 19.

“Short Story.” FOLK 1, no. 2 (2011): 16.

“Short Story.” FOLK 1, no. 1 (2011): 68-69.

Creative Non-Fiction and Interviews

“Falling in Love with Post Road Vintage.” FOLK 2, no. 5 (2012): 86-91.

“Call Signs.” FOLK 2, no. 5 (2012): 60-61.

“Very Vintage: One Girl’s Hunt for the Perfect Vintage Lifestyle.” FOLK 2, no. 4 (2012): 76-79.

“Southern Ingenuity.” FOLK 2, no. 3 (2012): 34-39.        

“A Flavorful Life.” FOLK 2, no. 2 (2012): 78-85.