ESSAYS, ARTICLES, AND OTHER WRITINGS

  • Recent works includes articles published in Mental Floss and the Utne Reader. Below you'll also find links to a humorous essay that aired on Public Radio International and an excerpt from my first book reprinted on the USA Today website. 
  • Utne Reader printed my piece on the beauty queen culture in Bolivia and its cultural significance:
  • Utne Reader piece 
  • USA Today includes an excerpt from my first book:
  • Chapter One, Avoiding Prison

    “Weekend America” (Public Radio International) includes a humorous essay I wrote on my mother’s annual Christmas letter (After clicking on the link, scroll down to "Christmas letter"):

    Christmas Letter

    For selected excerpts from Avoiding Prison, click below:

    Book excerpts

Picture

I love the ñ key on this old Underwood I picked up in Bolivia.