Writing

Essay

An earnest defense of America’s silliest holiday: Groundhog Day, NPR

Harvesting Olives in Sicily to Cope With My Parents’ Sudden Split, Conde Nast Traveler

Rekindled, Airplane Reading

Journalism

His work was used to exclude LGBTQ people from the church. Now he argues the opposite, NPR

Writer Ted Chiang on AI and grappling with big ideas, NPR

Titanic research dive reveals discovery, decay and new photos, NPR

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here’s how. NPR

Defining T. Rex Album Came Out The Same Year NPR Debuted Original Programming, NPR

‘The Making Of Biblical Womanhood’ Tackles Contradictions In Religious Practice, NPR

How Rodney Scott Learned To Cook – And Went For It, Whole Hog, NPR

A New Album Re-Creates The Work Of The 1st Known Female Composers In America, NPR

How Does a Luxury Apartment Change a Neighborhood? 90.5 WESA

Opinion

I’m Grieving in Pittsburgh. But Private Grief Can’t Bring Change–Only Public Mourning Can, USA Today