Writing/Clips
Now appearing elsewhere, a collection of my work on and off the web.
TriQuarterly Online
I’m the blog editor and former managing editor for TriQuarterly Online, the new online version of Northwestern University’s venerable literary journal. In addition to editing content and managing the TQO Blog, I contribute the occasional interview:
Creative Nonfiction
- “Purloined,” CellStories, December 7, 2009
- “Chicago Transit Priority,” The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 3, ed. Lee Gutkind, W.W. Norton, August 2009
- “The Tragedy of Donnie Baseball,” Elysian Fields Quarterly, Fall 2008
- “Familiar Rivalry,” Lovable Losers Literary Revue, July 2008
- “First Base of Last Resort,” Anatomy of Baseball, ed. Andrew Blauner and Lee Gutkind, SMU Press, 2008; Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2008
- “How the Father Fixed the Motherboard,” What Would MacGyver Do?, ed. Brendan Vaughan, Hudson Street Press, 2006
- “Sticking to the Dream,” Gapersblock, May 2005
- “Planning Parenthood,” Gapersblock, November 2004
Fiction
- “The Teller,” Is Greater Than, April 2, 2010
- “Substitute,” Is Greater Than, January 22, 2010; also published at CellStories, April 26, 2010
Parenting/Family Publications
- “How (Not) to Make Over Your Husband,” Oprah.com, January 6, 2010
- “Dinosaur Rock,” Time Out Chicago, April 2008
Regular contributor of parenting guides and product reviews for Ideal Bite, a website focused on eco-friendly living, 2009.
Entertainment reviewer and blogger for Babble.com, a parenting website, and its Strollerderby blog, March to December 2007:
- Television: My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends, The Doodlebops, Caillou, Postman Pat and Super Why!
- Music: Thaddeus Rex, We Wanna Rock; Ralph Covert, Ralph’s World; Jam Toast
- Books: Daddy Needs a Drink, by Robert Wilder and Dadditude, by Philip Lerman
- Clothing: Myself Belts
Sportswriting
- “Bringing It Home,” a weekly column compiling commentary on local professional and college teams from media outlets outside the Chicago market, Chicago Sports Weekly, December 2007 to February 2008
- “Roger Clemens’ Out Pitch,” Chicago Sports Weekly, February 2008
- “Shooting the Hawks,” Chicago Sports Weekly, November 2007
- “No Joak,” Chicago Sports Weekly, October 2007
- “Tender Rivalry,” Chicago Sports Weekly, September 2007
- “Scary Potential,” Chicago Sports Weekly, September 2007
- “Long Day’s Journey Into Nite,” Chicago Sports Weekly, August 2007
- “Life on the Farm,” Chicago Sports Weekly, June 2007
- “You’re With Me,” Chicago Sports Review, March 2007
Online Writing and Blogging
Associate editor and writer for Chicagoist.com, a local news and events blog. Wrote over 330 blog posts and provided editorial assistance to staff of 20 contributors, September 2005 to March 2007
Feature writer and blogger for 43Folders.com, a website about fostering personal productivity and creativity, October 2007 to August 2008:
- “The Problem With Ubiquitous Capture“
- “Cooking for the Creative Beast“
- “The Case Against Wish Lists“
- “Snow Day Hobbies“
- “MacBook Air: Specific Machines, Specific Uses“
- “Re-evaluating Your Online Commitments“
- “Why Are You Reading All That News?“
- “Sink or Swim: Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups“
- “Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with a Little Free Time“
- “An Ass Pocket of iCal“
- “The Backs of Envelopes Are Blank for a Reason“
- “Put Your iTunes Library on a Diet“
- “Psychotherapy for the Chronic Switcher“
- “Confessions of a Chronic Switcher“
Trade Publications
- “The Keys to Success,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, July 2008
- “Suvey Says,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, May 2008
- “Embedded Intelligence,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, March 2008
- “Good Morning Vietnam,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “Powering Through,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “A Hop, Skip, and a Jump,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “Counting On It: The Lead-free Debate Continues,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, November 2007