Selected Essays:
On near-death experiences and the mall for The Baffler No. 55, January 2021 (featured on Longreads, noted in Best American Essays 2022)
On the trash fire that will inherit the Earth for The Baffler No. 49, January 2020 (featured on Longreads)
On Doris Lessing and creepy babies for The New Yorker, May 2019
On anticapitalism and aliens for The Baffler, March 2019 (featured on Longreads)
On William James and psychics for Lapham’s Quarterly, February 2019
On Leo Szilard, nukes, and talking dolphins for Hazlitt, July 2018
On “It’s A Wonderful Life” for Lithub, December 2017
On the finale of The Leftovers for Lithub, July 2017
On nihilism and aliens for Lithub, April 2017
On confidence men for The Atlantic, March 2017
On too much meta for Lithub, December 2016
On boring androids for Lithub, November 2016
On loving Leopoldine Core and doing nothing for Lithub, September 2016
On Elena Ferrante’s good-bad book covers for The Atlantic, July 2016
On kicking the hornet’s nest for Lithub, May 2016
On the internet, and my dad’s weird tombstone for Broadly, March 2016
On death memoirs, my dad, and sandwiches for Lithub, February 2016
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