My writing coach talks about my wins as if they’ve already happened. I decided to follow her example

This week I heard someone say that the best art is indefensible; there are no reasons for why it was created and no explanations need to be made for it.

Last month my niece snapped back at me for the first time. I was devastated. She’s five years old and just starting first grade. While on a video call, I may have lost some cool-uncle points by suggesting that she eat healthy snacks at school instead of Oreos. “You’re not my dad,” she pushed back. I recognized her defensiveness. As she grows, some of the baby innocence is lost and turns into personhood — with all its pros and cons. After that happened, I realized how I'd rece

A trip to New York on a whim, a friend on two different stages, and closing the gap between what I say and what I do.

September 7th - 12th. Getting called out by a 2000-year-old philosopher.

August 30th - September 6th

I haven’t been able to complete a work of fiction all year. It’s frustrating. Staying the course is challenging when it feels like not much is happening.

August 2nd - August 8th

Enjoy my conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea—NY Times bestselling author, Pulitzer finalist, and genuinely the coolest guy.

July 12h - July 18th 2026

June 14th - June 20th 2026

May 31st - June 6th 2026

My eagerness to make things work before they were ready created a bigger setback.

May 17th - May 23rd 2026

On the morning I finally acknowledged my back pain, I’d already been waking up stiff for months. Now look at me, almost forty and lying face up on a massage table for all the wrong reasons.