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      I'm a writer, editor and cultural critic currently living in South Carolina.

       

      My writing interests revolve around the dynamics of race, gender norms, class, nerd culture, and- yes, football.

       

      I'm keeping my eye on publishers that are invested in celebrating the diversity of the human experience. Contributing to online publications that focus their attention on social justice and equality resonates with my values.

       

      I love speaking with people who challenge the status quo and care about living and learning without inhibitions. Let's get connected and make a difference.

    • Writing.

       

      Southern Culture + Foodways

       

      Virginia Furniture with Ethiopian Roots // Garden & Gun Magazine// Oct-Nov 2020

       
      Why Poke Sallet Is a Forager’s Delight // Garden & Gun Magazine// Aug-Sept 2020
       
      The Power of Birding in the South // Garden & Gun Magazine// June2020
       

      The Power of Black Cookbooks on the Eve of Juneteenth // Southern Living // June 2020

       
      Amir Touré, BJ Dennis,& Sallie Ann Robinson: The Torchbearers// Garden & Gun Magazine// Apr/May 2020
       

      Learning To Love Soul Food // Southern Living // February 2020

       

      The Unsung Influence of Restaurateur Alexander Smalls // Garden & Gun Magazine// Feb-March 2020

       

      Meet the Next Food Network Star: Kardea Brown // Garden & Gun Magazine// Dec 2019-Jan 2020

       

      Sweet Potatoes and 100 Years of History: Sweet Potato Pecan Cake // The Kitchn // November 2019

       

      The Wild Instincts of Kate Griswold // Garden & Gun Magazine // Feb-March 2019


      Now Enrolling: The Wendell Berry Farm School // Garden & Gun Magazine// March 2019

       

      It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without Mama's Famous Lasagna // Southern Living // December 2018

       

      Making a Difference, One Lawn at a Time // Garden&Gun // October 2018

       

      Couple restores Clevedale into bed and breakfast // Spartanburg Magazine // July 2018

       

      Beyond the Call of Duty at Veterans Healing Farm // Our State Magazine // November 2017

       

      Le Spice: Couple entices community with eclectic menu // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // October 2017

       

      Speaking Down Barriers opens dialogue on race, injustice // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // August 2017

       

      Southern Hills Lavender farm in Greer welcomes visitors // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // June 2017

       

      Oral histories from Spartanburg's hat wearing women // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // April 2017

       

      Tailgating Tradition: Wofford couple shares favorite recipes // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // October 2016

       

      Dance teacher retires after making impact on her students // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // June 2016

       

      Doing the Chitlin Strut // Serious Eats // February 2016

       

       

       

      Arts +Culture

       

      Enjoying the Rail Life at Memphis' Rehabilitated Central Station // Preservation Magazine // Summer 2020

       

      The Garden of Earthly Delights // Elysian Magazine // Summer 2020

       

      And She Was Loved: On The Power Of Toni Morrison // Elysian Magazine // Summer 2020

       

      My Soul Has Grown Deep Like The Rivers // Elysian Magazine // Spring 2020

       

      Becoming Someone Who Cares // Elysian Magazine // Winter 2020

       

      Eartha Kitt, Coming Home // Oxford American // Winter 2019

       

      Why Lizzo’s eight Grammy nominations feel different // ESPN’s The Undefeated // November 2019

       

      Former Disney animator enjoying success as landscape painter // Spartanburg Magazine // September 2019

       

      Remember Spartanburg's Celia Weston from TV show 'Alice'? // Spartanburg Magazine// September 2019

       

      Seeing Art In A New Light With Stephanie Baptist // Elysian Magazine // Summer 2019

       

      The Remarkable Work of Grete Stern // Elysian Magazine // Summer 2019

       

      Face of A Genius: Remembering Zaha Hadid // Elysian Magazine // Spring 2019


      Exploring and Troubling Boundaries with Xaviera Simmons // Elysian Magazine // Winter 2018

       

       

       

      Outdoor Recreation + Conservation

       

      Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream // Outside Magazine // Sept/ Oct 2020

       

      In Defense of Ugly Trails // Backpacker Magazine // September 2020

       

      On Black Joy // Outdoor Retailer Magazine // Summer 2020

       

      The Black Excellence Issue // Outdoor Retailer's The Weekly // July 2020 (Guest Edited)

       

      Learning Curves // The Voice Magazine // Jan 2020

       

      Give This A Spin // Outdoor Retailer Magazine // Winter 2020

       

      The Power of Plus // Outdoor Retailer Magazine // Winter 2020

       

      Ripples: Everything Will Change // Osprey // October 2019

       

      Into The Sea With Cristina Mittenmeier // Elysian Magazine // Fall 2019

       

      Megan &Michael Take To The Road // Elysian Magazine //Fall 2019

       

      A Change In The Tide // Elysian Magazine // Spring 2019

       

      Here Goes The Neighborhood // Outdoor Retailer Magazine // Summer 2019

       

      We're Here. You Just Don't See Us. // Outside Magazine // May 2018

       

       

       

      Travel

       

      Meet Jessica Nabongo — The First Black Woman Set to Travel the Entire World // Airbnb Magazine // March 2019

       

       

      Yayoi Kusama’s Japan // Elysian Magazine // Winter 2020

       

       

       

      Essays

       

      A Dream Uprooted // Garden & Gun Magazine// Apr/May 2020

       

      What It’s Like to Be 33 in This Age of Anxiety // ZORA // August 2019

       

      The Whitesplaining Of American Patriotism In A Time Of Protest // The Establishment // September 2016

       

      Searching for remnants of my father in Benedict's football culture // espnW // September 2016

       

      How Harry Potter virtual running groups helped me conquer my depression // espnW // September 2016

       

      Georgetown's attempt at atonement: should we be grateful? // The Guardian // September 2016​

       

      Forget Beyonce’s Becky And Let Black Women Have Our Moment // The Establishment // April 2016

       

      Confederate Heritage Month? We aren't ready for that // The Guardian // April 2016

       

      Why I Won't Hide My Cutting Scars Anymore // Teen Vogue // April 2016

       

      Why these harrowing testimonies of freed slaves are still relevant // The Guardian // March 2016

       

      The Stigma of Being Black and Mentally Ill // Marie Claire, Elle and Dr. Oz // March 2016

       

      GRIT of the Month: Latria Graham // 2 Black Grit // January 2016

       

      Being Educated Won’t Save Me (Or You) From Racism // Everyday Feminism // January 2016

       

      Scalia forgets: black students must work twice as hard as white classmates // The Guardian // December 2015

       

      Being Educated Will Not Save Me From Racism // The Establishment // November 2015

       

      I am a black woman in the American south. And I'm not leaving // The Guardian // November 2015

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Sportswriting

       

      How an E-Bike Got Me Riding Again // Bicycling Magazine // July 2018

       

      Enough with the Podium Girls Already // Outside Magazine // March 2018

       

      Shalane Flanagan: A Setback Is Just A Stage For A Comeback // Zappos // December 2018

       

      Amy Cragg: The Art of The Changeup // Zappos // December 2018

       

      Amy Cragg and Shalane Flanagan: Friends to the Finish // Zappos // December 2018

       

      Amy Cragg and Shalane Flanagan: Better Together // Zappos // December 2018

       

      Jason Brown’s Journey From Football to Farming // Our State Magazine // November 2017

       

      Michael Bennett's NFL black power salute could change sports protest // The Guardian // September 2017

       

      How the 'Dust Bowl Girls' hooped their way through 'golden age' of women's basketball // espnW // March 2017

       

      Paulette Leaphart walked from Biloxi to Washington // espnW // June 2016

       

      Fast and furious: Black student-athletes are competing to be in the pit at NASCAR — it’s a sport, but it’s not a game // The Undefeated // June 2016

       

      Flint City roller derby team refuses to be broken by water crisis // espnW // May 2016

       

      'Black girls do swim': North Carolina A&T swim team leaves behind unique legacy // The Guardian and The New York Times // February 2016

       

      I’m Ambivalent but Supportive of the N.F.L. // The New York Times // February 2016

       

      Keep pounding: how the Panthers' faithful fans forged a unique identity // The Guardian // February 2016

       

      The Dark Knight Unmasked: The Panthers’ Josh Norman Makes His World the Stage // SB Nation // January 2016

       

       

       

       

      Book Criticism

       

      André Leon Talley chronicles life as a fashion pioneer in new memoir // The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // June 2020

       

      How the other half lives // The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // June 2020

       

      Town torn between preacher and healer in Reconstruction-era ‘Conjure Women’// The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // April 2020

       

      Hub City Press book highlights farmers, chefs in Spartanburg County // Spartanburg Magazine // September 2018

       

      Q&A with Brock Adams, author of ‘Ember’ // Spartanburg Herald-Journal // March 2018

       

      Leesa Cross-Smith is Taking Back Kentucky // Electric Literature // Feb 2018

       

      Hillary’s Not Campaigning, But Not Exactly Going Away // ReWire // Sept 2017

       

      Bestselling author Michel Stone talks about the writing process // Spartanburg Magazine // August 2017

       

      Taylor Brown tackles fear and fate in ‘The River Of Kings // The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // March 2017

       

      Brit Bennett to read from debut novel ‘The Mothers’ at Wrecking Bar // The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // Feb 2017

       

      Emmett Till is the subject of two books on the genealogy of trauma // The Atlanta Journal-Constitution // Jan 2017

       

       

       

      Other Writing

       

       

      Becoming Someone Who Cares // Elysian Magazine //Winter 2020

       

      'When we're needed, we'll show up' // Harvard Law Today // May 2017

       

      How to Grow Tea // Herald-Journal // August 2016

       

      Farm-to--table eating and shopping // Herald-Journal // August 2016

       

      Dance teacher retires after making impact on her students // Herald-Journal // June 2016

       

      Sweet tea: Drink is a staple of Southern life // Spartanburg Magazine // June 2016

       

      Three Spartanburg County Chefs Serve Up Their Secrets // Spartanburg Visitor's Bureau // April 2016

       

      Melissa de La Cruz loves fairy tales so much she'll turn them inside out // Los Angeles Times // April 2016

       

      Mona Awad on her sharp-voiced debut, '13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl' // Los Angeles Times // March 2016

       

      The Scholar’s Tour of Spartanburg County // Spartanburg Visitor's Bureau // February 2016

       

      It’s Official: Spartanburg is an Arts Town // Spartanburg Visitor's Bureau // February 2016

       

       

      Podcast Appearances

       

      Southeastern Trail Runner Episode 142 // June 2020

       

      Unlikely Hikers Episode 04 // April 2020

       

      Gangrey: The Podcast Episode 75 // June 2019

       

      How She Got Here: What Intimidates Well Renowned Writers Pt. 2 // June 2019

       

      How She Got Here: What Intimidates Well Renowned Writers Pt. 1 // June 2019

       

      Colorado Matters: Dispelling Myths about African-Americans Outdoors // May 2018

       

       

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