Writer and Artist

Publications

ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND FICTION

 

Permafrost Magazine

“Resources” (Essay, 2021)

Blue Mesa Review’s Summer 2020 Nonfiction Prize

“Feast Day: A Lyric” (Lyric essay, 2020)
Writer Amy Irvine, judge of the nonfiction contest, wrote, “‘Feast Day’ is beautiful and daring in its structure, fluid in its haunting commute between the visceral and numinous, the literal and metaphor. While this is not the first story to conflate the bodies of women and livestock, its indictment of the dumbing down, the stockade, is wildly original. Pulsing with paradox and a rage that should be understood as fierce devotion, ‘Feast Day’ bucks at the idea that domestic and docile are saintly qualities for any female body, and does so with a rare and nuanced intelligence.”

Joyland Magazine

“Honesty is Bragging When You’re Me: A Portrait of a Bitcoin Millionaire” (Essay, 2019)

We Take Our Stand - Montana Writers Stand for Public Land

"No Public Land Transfer" (Essay, 2017)

Montana Quarterly’s Big Snowy Prize for Emerging Writers

"Counting by Twos" (Essay, 2017) - Nonfiction (not available to read online)

The Glasgow Courier

News articles and "Truth Nukem" political column. For two years (2015-2017) I wrote articles regarding race, trans rights, the Flint water crisis, and more, for my hometown newspaper. Glasgow, MT, was found to be the literal “middle of nowhere” by The Washington Post. In writing political articles in my hometown, I found solidarity within the generally conservative community.

The Missoula Independent

Due to the untimely and tragic closure of our treasured newspaper, The Missoula Independent no longer has a website. All of these links lead to The Missoulian’s website, and my essays and articles written for the Indy can no longer be viewed online.

"Rez Made photos offer a new take on New York City at MAM" (October 2017) - Looking at a series of photographs by high school students from the Flathead Reservation who traveled to NYC. 

"Crystal Morey Creates a New American Mythology at Radius Gallery" (August 2017) - A review of ceramicist Crystal Morey's delicate and haunting porcelain figurines.

"Trouble Dealing With the Trauma of Trump? Try Laughing at Death" - In the wake of the election, I turn to Comedy/True Crime podcasts to deal.

"Necessary Fiction" - In Marshall Granger's indie-pop project, Dorothy, Granger taps into his feminine side to explore relationships in the age of the internet.

"Selling Missoula" - On selling Jon Krakauer's book, Missoula: Rape and Justice System in a College Town, at a local bookstore.

The Missoulian

Book Review - Across the Plains With Bruno by Annick Smith

Book Review - American Copper by Shann Ray

Five On the Fifth - Online Literary Magazine

The Pit (Fiction, 2015)

Mountain Outlaw

"Supaman: The Rise of Crow Hip-hop" 

Radio show: MTPR's Reflections West

Montana's Other Face -- An essay paired with Richard Hugo's poem, "Driving Montana"

The Oval Literary Magazine

"In Heaven, Everything Is Fine," (essay) After a friend's death, a group of old friends head home for the funeral. (Essay, 2014)