Selected Essays

Dad Lessons: Learning New Information, Together, Substack

Am I the (Literary) Asshole? Biweekly Advice Column, Lit Hub

Reclaiming “Florida Man”, Vox

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