Creative Nonfiction
"The Surprising Reason You Should Watch (and Play) Ninja Turtles With Your Kid"
Men's Health Magazine
"Trump’s Racist Slur Was Aimed at Harris. It Hit All Biracial People, Too"
Daily Beast
"My Experiences as a Black Man Are Integral to My Work as a Teacher"
Electric Literature
"A father fears he’ll pass his body image issues on to his son"
Washington Post
"My mom went to war after 9/11; she came back, but it changed everything"
TODAY
"The Making of a Gym Rat"
Slate
"Fighting the Tree"
The Sun Magazine
"How I Learned to Embrace My Black and Jewish Heritage"
Los Angeles Times
"Glazer Ball, Gym Class, a Locker Room, and a Bathroom"
Joyland Magazine
"Most N.J. Teachers Don’t Look like Their Students. Here’s How to Fix That"
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Breakdancing Shaped Who I Am As a Black Man and Father"
Catapult Magazine and featured in the anthology, The Best American Essays 2022, "Notable Essays of 2021"
"On the Confederate Flag"
Ploughshares
"When Steve Urkel Played Soccer"
CRAFT Literary
"A Small Lesson on Loitering"
PANK Magazine
Fiction
"Three-Finger Freddie and a Fight"
The Rumpus
"No Hands"
Midnight Breakfast Magazine
"The Ruins"
The Offing
"The Boys in the High-Top Converses"
Pleiades Magazine
"A Middle Finger Flipped on a School Bus"
Pithead Chapel and Fractured Lit Reprint Prize, 3rd Place
"The Surprising Reason You Should Watch (and Play) Ninja Turtles With Your Kid"
Men's Health Magazine
"Trump’s Racist Slur Was Aimed at Harris. It Hit All Biracial People, Too"
Daily Beast
"My Experiences as a Black Man Are Integral to My Work as a Teacher"
Electric Literature
"A father fears he’ll pass his body image issues on to his son"
Washington Post
"My mom went to war after 9/11; she came back, but it changed everything"
TODAY
"The Making of a Gym Rat"
Slate
"Fighting the Tree"
The Sun Magazine
"How I Learned to Embrace My Black and Jewish Heritage"
Los Angeles Times
"Glazer Ball, Gym Class, a Locker Room, and a Bathroom"
Joyland Magazine
"Most N.J. Teachers Don’t Look like Their Students. Here’s How to Fix That"
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Breakdancing Shaped Who I Am As a Black Man and Father"
Catapult Magazine and featured in the anthology, The Best American Essays 2022, "Notable Essays of 2021"
"On the Confederate Flag"
Ploughshares
"When Steve Urkel Played Soccer"
CRAFT Literary
"A Small Lesson on Loitering"
PANK Magazine
Fiction
"Three-Finger Freddie and a Fight"
The Rumpus
"No Hands"
Midnight Breakfast Magazine
"The Ruins"
The Offing
"The Boys in the High-Top Converses"
Pleiades Magazine
"A Middle Finger Flipped on a School Bus"
Pithead Chapel and Fractured Lit Reprint Prize, 3rd Place