Word Portfolio
Nonfiction:
“Character as Setting,” classroom strategy article using research interviews with authors of young adult fiction, Florida English Journal, 2021 (no online publication)
“Puzzles,” memoir, War, Literature and the Arts, 2019
“Introverts in the Classroom,” article, National Geographic’s Education Blog, March 26, 2019
“On Gun Control: We’re Missing the Forest for the Trees,” essay, Sinkhole, 2018
“Violations,” featured essay in BioStories, February 2016; included in Winter/Spring 2016 Anthology
Fiction:
Chapter One of The Envious Moon won Honorable Mention in the children’s/young adult category of the 92nd Writer’s Digest Annual Competition, 2023
Interviews:
Craft conversation with Andrea Rinard, author of Murmurations at Tombolo Books, October 2023
Research with 30+ authors of young adult novels through the University of South Florida Education Department, 2010, 2011, and 2019
Thank you in five languages; photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash
