2020-present:

U.S. Catholic, "In Neil Gaiman's first studio album, a meditation on death"

U.S. Catholic, "Let your inner Shakespeare guide you this Holy Week"

U.S. Catholic, "Long Mama's debut album is all about honesty"

U.S. Catholic - "'Tár' is a reminder that genius is often a mask for abuse"

U.S. Catholic - "'The Princess' questions our sanitized view of history"

Wealth of Geeks - "Top Star Wars Musical Moments NOT Written by John Williams"

Wealth of Geeks, "Top 10 Star Wars Moments That Made Us Cry"

National Catholic Reporter, "Netflix's 'Arcane' reminds us we know neither the day nor the hour of reckoning"

Milwaukee Independent, "A visit to Kyiv that offered insight, awareness, and an inspiration for solidarity"

National Catholic Reporter, "The radical, healing message of 'A Christmas Carol'"

America Magazine, "After a hellish year, Jesuit playwright Bill Cain's '9 Circles' reminds us of the power of storytelling"

National Catholic Reporter, "New novel asks: What if next pandemic kills off male species?"

National Catholic Reporter, "Netflix's 'Space Sweepers' asks us to reject a throwaway culture"

Wanderher, "The frizzle-haired woman who knocked me over"

National Catholic Reporter, "In an age of institutional failure, Star Wars is saving my faith"

Medium, "The Working Artist Needs Your Solidarity"

My features and essays often explore the intersections of storytelling, spirituality, gender, and the arts. Along with the essays posted here, I have written half a dozen book reviews for Grab the Lapels, a travel article for Baker Street Babes, another feature for National Catholic Reporter in 2016, and a biweekly column for The Observer of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's from 2015 to 2016. 

Creative writing projects include short fiction published in Slippery Elm Literary Journal and Bridge: The Bluffton Literary Journal; poetry published in Indiana's Best Emerging Poets and America's Emerging Poets: Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; and an original adaptation of Euripides' Medea, directed for Voices Found Repertory in 2018.

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photo by Jeff Kurysz