Professional/Personal Overview
I am a contributing writer for a local news magazine, DIG Baton Rouge as well as a book reviewer for Chicago Reader, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Rain Taxi Review of Books. I've just re-located to beautiful Denver, Colorado, and I've plunged into the paddleboarding craze! I tend to discern cultural details of communities and I've got an eye for what makes a place unique, beyond its physical parameters.
Work Info
Expertise
Editor
3 Years
Researcher
3 Years
Writer
6 Years
Specialty
Food
1 Year
Books & Literature
3 Years
Arts & Humanities
6 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
3 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
DIG Baton Rouge (3-5), Philadelphia Inquirer (1-2), Chicago Reader (1-2)
Other Work History
intern, LSU Press (blue line edits of pre-publications); nonfiction editor, New Delta Review
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, OS 10, Windows
Technical Skills
Some Final Cut, Adobe
Equipment
laptop, digital camera (iphone), portable digital audio recorder
Foreign Language Skills
little French, Spanish, Afrikaans
Awards
Pushcart Nomination, Sundress Publications' Best of the Web Nomination, AWP Intro Journals Award nominee for novel in progress
Other
I have knowledge of juicing, nutrition, fitness, yoga, localvore, gardening, foodie subcultures in NOLA and southern Louisiana, as well as the cajun/zydeco dancing scene. Cultural interest topics in So. Louisiana.
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near Denver, CO. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Book Reviews
(Philadelphia Inquirer , 11/27/2011)
Book Review
(Chicago Reader , 5/26/2011)
Book review
(Rain Taxi Review of Books , 4/1/2011)
Review of Tina Howe's collected plays.
(Rain Taxi Review of Books , 10/10/2010)
Book review
Local Reportage
(DIG Baton Rouge , 3/28/2012)
Coverage of upcoming local bike festival
(DIG Baton Rouge , 3/28/2012)
publicity for local performance art.
(DIG Baton Rouge , 3/21/2012)
Publicity for theatrical production.
Academic/Pedagogy Paper
(AWP conference , 1/1/2011)
Pedagogy paper on teaching nonfiction writing with analytical thinking.
Fiction
(Monkeybicycle , 10/1/2010)
short fiction
Food Writing
(Clearly Delicious , 2/29/2012)
Guest post at food blog about my green juice recipe.
Log in to customize alerts, subscribe to newsletters, and apply to jobs.
June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
