Literary + Editorial
Books, poems, op-eds, and more.
Books
OXY/MORON is a look at America’s Opioid Crisis centered on Keith Bragg, a down-on-his-luck twenty-something whose third layoff sends him into a drug-fueled spiral, as a protest by local Satanists begins to fracture his hometown along political and religious fault lines. Employing a host of diverse perspectives (because it ain’t no Hillbilly Elegy), O/M examines the modern millennial malaise felt in flyover states with an honest eye and a pain-stricken heart.
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Poems & Published Works
In the wake of Sandy Hook, I got a pro-gun control op-ed published in West Virginia’s biggest newspaper. The piece contrasted the Connecticut tragedy with an eerily similar incident that happened in China only 12 hours earlier.
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A poem for George Floyd.
A old (unpublished) McSweeney’s submission wherein the most famous word-mouther of our time begrudgingly trades his tap shoes for bowling shoes.
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