FICTION
“Spooky Action at a Distance”
That was the problem with hoping someone would save you: that particular someone always needed saving too
J Journal, Fall 2024
“Save the Cat”
He realizes he might be an unlikeable character in someone else’s story, or the unlikeable protagonist of his own
Joyland, April 2024
“Big Cats”
I believe in coincidences. I believe coincidences are all there is in life
Redivider, April 2024
Winner of a Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing
“Iceland”
It’s that strange week before the New Year, when time moves according to its own inscrutable logic
Electric Literature, December 2022
JOURNALISM
“Arab Americans Warn Kamala Harris: Don’t Take Us For Granted”
Arab voters could swing the election in places like Michigan—and, if the 44th annual ArabCon convention was any indication, Harris has a huge mountain to climb
The Nation, October 2024
“Dancing on a Prayer”
Why a struggling strip club opened its doors to God
The Walrus, June 2021
Winner of a Hopwood Nonfiction Award and a David Porter Award for Excellence in Journalism
“Unreal News”
How the world got ahead of the Onion
Real Life, May 2018
“Among the Pugs”
The strange intimacy of the Westminster Dog Show
The Awl, February 2016
“There Goes the Neighbourhood”
Why coyotes are taking over our cities
The Walrus, July-August 2015
“Howl”
Why Tanya Tagaq sings
The Walrus, January-February 2015
Winner of a National Magazine Award
“Body and Soul”
Dan was the most physical person I knew. Then he broke his neck
The Walrus, September 2013
Nominated for a National Magazine Award, republished in Reader’s Digest, and selected for the Walrus’s Best-of-Twenty-Years Anniversary Issue
“The Internet dilemma”
Do people have a right to be forgotten?
The Globe and Mail, May 2013
“Rise of the Robots”
The next generation of robots is poised to acquire the very thing that makes us human: our empathy
Reader’s Digest, February 2013
Cover story
“Wild Justice”
A bull burned at the stake, a swarm of locusts excommunicated—animal trials were once surprisingly common
Maisonneuve, Summer 2012
Nominated for a National Magazine Award
PODCASTS
“The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom’s Killer”
When a woman goes missing, her 11-year-old son teams up with a veteran cop to find her
Senior Producer, Orbit Media/Sony Music Entertainment, March 2025
“The Burden: Season 1”
In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. Then the story changed
Producer, Orbit Media/iHeartRadio, March-July 2024
“Crimetown Season 2: Detroit”
Detroit’s a tough town—and its residents are even tougher
Senior Producer, Gimlet Media, October 2018-March 2019
“Crimetown Season 1: Providence”
You can never quite tell the good guys from the bad guys
Producer, Gimlet Media, November 2016-December 2017