Selected Essays
Dad Lessons: Learning New Information, Together, Substack
Am I the (Literary) Asshole? Biweekly Advice Column, Lit Hub
Book Review: "A young woman’s obsessive love propels Molly Dektar’s new novel" The Absolutes, by Molly Dektar, The Washington Post
The One Where I Write About the FRIENDS Lesbian Wedding, Autostraddle
Book Review: "Can You Still Be a Femme Fatale if You’re Butch?" Mrs. S, by K Patrick, The New York Times
We're Here, We're Queer, We're Getting Married in Florida, TIME
Craft Capsules - 96 through 99, Poets & Writers
What I’ve Learned From a Life Filled with Hurricanes, TIME
Writers’ Fridges: Kristen Arnett, The Paris Review
The Best Sex Kristen Arnett Has Ever Read, Vulture
The Bittersweet Experience of Celebrating Pride in Florida, TIME
I Know What It's Like to Be a Florida Teen Who Can't Say Gay. I Was One., TIME
Hand-Operated Shearing Instruments, The Rumpus
The Lord’s Supper, Catapult
The Problem With Writing About Florida, Lit Hub
The Queer Erotics of Handholding in Literature, Electric Lit
The Year in Taxidermy, Hazlitt
Camera Obscura: On Looking, drDOCTOR
Appreciating the ‘powerful good’ of the public library, PBS Newshour
Your Dog Doesn’t Care If You’re a Lesbian, Medium: Pets
There’s No Place Like 7-Eleven, Human Parts
Queering Barbie, Buzzfeed
Epcot World Showcase, Hazlitt
Florida Women Are No Joke. I Should Know., The New York Times
Why I Take All My First Dates to Olive Garden, Bon Appetit
The best $14 I ever spent: A plastic kiddie pool, Vox
Turns Out It’s Pretty Good: Reality TV, The Cut
I Think About Ellie Kemper’s Best Line From The Office a Lot, The Cut
Love, Dad: A Monthly Column on Queerness and Dad Culture, Catapult