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Freelance Writer and Editor

Baltimore, Maryland

Freelance Writer and Editor

Baltimore, Maryland

Curation Conservation
Feral cats can jump as high as six feet. Juvenile mice can fit through a hole smaller than an aspirin tablet. Stoats move so quickly they can scale an electric fence between high voltage pulses and land on the other side unscathed. We have learned these things by trying to fence these animals out.
New England Review
Essays
Why does Japanese culture revere insects?
In Japan, beetles are pets and grasshoppers a delicacy. What's our problem in the West?
Aeon
Essays
Fukushima: Trouble in Mushi Mushi Land
Japan's beetle kingdom tries to recover from the nuclear disaster.
Al Jazeera America
Print
Translating "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
The book's delight in wordplay and cultural parodies makes it a torment for translators.
Smithsonian
Print
An Abnormal Burden
The antelope-head soup incident is the only time I remember someone forcing me to eat.
Mutha Magazine
Essays
How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Giant Floating Bog?
A floating bog the size of 64 tennis courts is menacing the residents of Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
Atlas Obscura
Print
The End Is Nigh for Minnesota’s Rogue Bog
The wild beast of North Long Lake has been tamed. Or, more accurately, dismembered.
Atlas Obscura
Print
Going Native
A prairie is usually an expanse of undulating grass, but my prairie was too small to undulate.
The Fourth River
Essays
What Should Grow in a Vacant Lot?
A research project in Baltimore is using wildflowers—and lots of data—to investigate urban ecosystems.
The Atlantic
Print
Pilgrim at Shit Creek
A mother comes to terms with her son's childhood in the urban environment.
High Country News
Essays
Too Much Bull
An industry obsessed with breeding bigger, nastier bulls is putting children in harm's way.
SB Nation
Print
Blood Quantum
Dwindling bloodlines: Tribal membership systems threaten future of Native Americans.
High Country News
Print
Todd Pierce: The Horse Preacher
Cowboy preacher Todd Pierce can tame a wild horse while delivering a sermon, among other talents.
Only A Game, NPR
Radio
Inside Jokes
Our correspondent visits a stand-up comedy show put on by prisoners, in prison.
Baltimore City Paper
Print
Panama Canal: Superhighway for Invasive Species?
The expansion of the Panama Canal may bring a new wave of invasives to the Gulf and East Coasts.
National Geographic
Print
Lights Out
Prospects are dimming for the rare Bethany Beach firefly.
Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Print

About

Fluent in Spanish

I am a freelance writer and editor with more than a decade of experience reporting for newspapers, magazines, and public radio. I've reported from remote tribal lands in northeastern Montana, a bug zoo in Japan, and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. I graduated with honors from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where I focused on science and environmental reporting. I am now a community lead at inkedvoices.com and am working on my first novel.