“Allergen Alert: When the back-to-school shopping list includes an EpiPen”
(A review of Allergic by Theresa MacPhail)
The American Scholar Online
September 2023
“D.C. needs a poet laureate”
The Washington Post
February 2021
“Maybe abusive authors don’t belong on my bookshelf. But what about in my classroom?”
The Washington Post
May 2018
“I represented the U.S. at a poetry conference. Would Trump pit me against other poets?”
The Washington Post Magazine
February 2018
“People Say Washington, DC, Isn’t a Creative Place for Artists. They’re Wrong.”
Washingtonian
March 2016
“The Bluegrass is Now Served: Frank Solivan knows how to cook–and so does his band”
The Washington Post Magazine
July 2015
“Tony Rice, Guitar Hero”
The New York Times Magazine
February 2014
“Mattie Delaney”
Oxford American
Winter 2011: The Mississippi Music Issue
“A Poem for Miami: At the heart of a city’s arts community “
The Washington Post Magazine
February 2012
“American Idol: The Lure of the Jefferson Memorial”
The Washington Post Magazine
November 2009