Writing

You can find all my most recent published pieces on my Authory portfolio page. Below are a few of my most popular articles:

About Politics

“Coronavirus Didn’t Bring the Economy Down. 40 Years of Greed and Corporate Malfeasance Did.”

“Is That Minimum-Wage Study Real, or Is It Bogus?“

“In a New Letter, Corporate America Admits It’s Greedy as Hell“

“The flat white goes sour: Watching Howard Schultz make the case for his own presidency“

“What to Do When A Restaurant Puts a Minimum-Wage Service Charge on Your Bill“

“I’m from Seattle. Here’s What Amazon Will Do to New York City.“

“Down and Out in Tampa and Charlotte: How and why the 2012 Republican and Democratic conventions nearly broke me in half“

About books

“This Seattle Bookstore Draws Design Aficionados from Around the Globe“

“Books without Borders: My life at the world’s dumbest bookstore chain“

“Nourishing “long roots”: In a year, Madison Books has forged an essential role in one of Seattle’s oldest communities“

“Missing Kim-An Lieberman“

“Where the Words Grow on Trees“

“Denise Levertov Should Be More Famous“

“Who Reviews the Reviewer?“

“The Secret Life (and Death) Under the Skin of Michel Faber’s Book of Strange New Things“

About Everything Else

“Conspicuous Consumption: How I became the sort of person who can eat 23 spring rolls in two minutes“

“Haunted by the Radness of Subconscious Malls“

“The Transmogrification of Kesha Rose Sebert“

“The Death of the Anchor Store“