What's New...
Short Fiction
- "Three Fictions," Okay Donkey, 2021
- "Empyrean," Territory Lit, 2018
- "After the Attack," BOMB Magazine, 2017
- "Of What Remains," TriQuarterly, 2015
- "Conversion," Guernica, February 2014
- "Notes on a War-Torn Childhood," Electric Literature, 2014
- "Empyrean," Territory Lit, 2018
- "After the Attack," BOMB Magazine, 2017
- "Of What Remains," TriQuarterly, 2015
- "Conversion," Guernica, February 2014
- "Notes on a War-Torn Childhood," Electric Literature, 2014
Essays/Criticism
(For sportswriting, including a reoccurring column with The Believer, go here)
"Marlee Matlin Knows How to Make Change," Bustle, August 2021
"I was fortunate to get my vaccine, but the hurdles are too great for many Deaf people," CNN, April 2021
"'Sound of Metal' is a Heartwarming--and Frustrating--Take on Deafness," Mic, January 2021
"Why 'Dinner Table Syndrome' is Getting Worse for Deaf People," BBC, October 2020
"Masks are a Barrier Against the Coronavirus, But Also for Deaf People," Washington Post, July 2020
"Pandemic Journal," New York Review of Books, April 2020
"Residency Supports Deaf Writers," Poets & Writers, April 2020
"That Feeling When Humiliation From Years Ago Hits You All Over Again," New York Magazine, February 2020
"The Frustrating Fight for Closed Captions On In-Flight Entertainment," Conde Nast Traveler, January 2020
"Deafness Isn't a Threat to Health. Ableism Is," Healthline, July 2019
"A Clearer Message on Cochlear Implants," The New York Times, November 2018
"ASL and Deaf Privilege," CUNY Center for the Humanities, October 2018
"Texas' Twisted Excuse for Removing Helen Keller," CNN, September 2018
"All Words Fly," Guernica Magazine, August 2018
"Deaf Prisoners are Trapped in Frightening Isolation," CNN, June 2018
"The Superpowers of Akil Kumarasamy," Work in Progress, May 2018
"Between the Lines: Disability Invisibility in Literature," Signature Reads, May 2018
"When it Comes to Depicting Disability, Hollywood Keeps 'Cripping Up'," CNN, March 2018
"The G.O.P.'s HR620 Will Gut the Americans With Disabilities Act," NBC, February 2018
"In Defense of the Bandwagon Fan," espnW, February 2018
"A Brief History of Time," Harper's, November 2017
"America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading The Natural," LitHub, October 2017
"The Hearing World Must Stop Forcing Deaf Culture to Assimilate," NBC, October 2017
"A History of Silence: Review of Belladonna," Music & Literature, September 2017
-"Interview with AGT's Mandy Harvey," Elle, August 2017
-"The Right to Remain Silent: Ableism, the English to Prison Pipeline, and the Plight of d/Deaf Inmates," The New Inquiry, March 2017
-Interview with Lidija Dimkovska, The White Review, March 2017
-"Front Row Virgins: I'm 'Afashionable So This is Going to Be Just Great," Elle, February 2017
-"When Good Christian Girls Need Planned Parenthood," New York Magazine, February 2017
-"Rhyme and Reason: Sign Language's Anti-Authoritarian Streak," Blunderbuss Magazine, January 2017
- 25 Best Books by Women in 2017," Elle, January 2017
-"Why the Deaf Community Fears President Trump," Vice, November 2016
- "What Does an Artist Look Like?" James Franco Review, November 2016
-"Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?" LitHub, October 2016
- "An Escape from the Past Proves a Balm for Wounds," New York Times, August 2016
- "Can You Hear Me Now?" O Magazine, April 2016
- "At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an 'Unwritable' Language," Lit Hub, April 2016
- "More Than Applause: Deaf Art Needs Deaf Ed," HowlRound, April 2016
- "Sign of the Times: Sign Language for Everyone but the Deaf," Guernica, March 2016
- "Topography of a Novel," The Guardian, March 2016
- "Abandoned in Ohio," Blunderbuss Magazine, January 2016
- "Spring Awakening is the Best Musical You've Never Heard," Vice, October 2015
- "How to be a DJ When You're Deaf: Interview with Robbie Wilde," Vice, August 2015
- "'This is Not a Deaf Movie': Interview with The Tribe's Yana Novikova," Vice, June 2015
- "A Good Deaf Man is Hard to Find," The Believer, Fall 2015
- "Writer's Recommend," Poets & Writers, June 2015
- "What it's Like to be a Deaf Novelist," The Guardian, May 2015
- "Memories of Pan-Yugo Angst," Music + Literature, May 2015
- "Book Notes: Girl at War" Largehearted Boy, May 2015
- "Remission," Catapult, November 2015
- "Ableism Hurts," Blunderbuss Magazine, May 2014
- "Let's Stop Mansplaining Eastern Europe," Blunderbuss Magazine, March 2014
- "Writing Lessons," Ploughshares, September 2013
"Marlee Matlin Knows How to Make Change," Bustle, August 2021
"I was fortunate to get my vaccine, but the hurdles are too great for many Deaf people," CNN, April 2021
"'Sound of Metal' is a Heartwarming--and Frustrating--Take on Deafness," Mic, January 2021
"Why 'Dinner Table Syndrome' is Getting Worse for Deaf People," BBC, October 2020
"Masks are a Barrier Against the Coronavirus, But Also for Deaf People," Washington Post, July 2020
"Pandemic Journal," New York Review of Books, April 2020
"Residency Supports Deaf Writers," Poets & Writers, April 2020
"That Feeling When Humiliation From Years Ago Hits You All Over Again," New York Magazine, February 2020
"The Frustrating Fight for Closed Captions On In-Flight Entertainment," Conde Nast Traveler, January 2020
"Deafness Isn't a Threat to Health. Ableism Is," Healthline, July 2019
"A Clearer Message on Cochlear Implants," The New York Times, November 2018
"ASL and Deaf Privilege," CUNY Center for the Humanities, October 2018
"Texas' Twisted Excuse for Removing Helen Keller," CNN, September 2018
"All Words Fly," Guernica Magazine, August 2018
"Deaf Prisoners are Trapped in Frightening Isolation," CNN, June 2018
"The Superpowers of Akil Kumarasamy," Work in Progress, May 2018
"Between the Lines: Disability Invisibility in Literature," Signature Reads, May 2018
"When it Comes to Depicting Disability, Hollywood Keeps 'Cripping Up'," CNN, March 2018
"The G.O.P.'s HR620 Will Gut the Americans With Disabilities Act," NBC, February 2018
"In Defense of the Bandwagon Fan," espnW, February 2018
"A Brief History of Time," Harper's, November 2017
"America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading The Natural," LitHub, October 2017
"The Hearing World Must Stop Forcing Deaf Culture to Assimilate," NBC, October 2017
"A History of Silence: Review of Belladonna," Music & Literature, September 2017
-"Interview with AGT's Mandy Harvey," Elle, August 2017
-"The Right to Remain Silent: Ableism, the English to Prison Pipeline, and the Plight of d/Deaf Inmates," The New Inquiry, March 2017
-Interview with Lidija Dimkovska, The White Review, March 2017
-"Front Row Virgins: I'm 'Afashionable So This is Going to Be Just Great," Elle, February 2017
-"When Good Christian Girls Need Planned Parenthood," New York Magazine, February 2017
-"Rhyme and Reason: Sign Language's Anti-Authoritarian Streak," Blunderbuss Magazine, January 2017
- 25 Best Books by Women in 2017," Elle, January 2017
-"Why the Deaf Community Fears President Trump," Vice, November 2016
- "What Does an Artist Look Like?" James Franco Review, November 2016
-"Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?" LitHub, October 2016
- "An Escape from the Past Proves a Balm for Wounds," New York Times, August 2016
- "Can You Hear Me Now?" O Magazine, April 2016
- "At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an 'Unwritable' Language," Lit Hub, April 2016
- "More Than Applause: Deaf Art Needs Deaf Ed," HowlRound, April 2016
- "Sign of the Times: Sign Language for Everyone but the Deaf," Guernica, March 2016
- "Topography of a Novel," The Guardian, March 2016
- "Abandoned in Ohio," Blunderbuss Magazine, January 2016
- "Spring Awakening is the Best Musical You've Never Heard," Vice, October 2015
- "How to be a DJ When You're Deaf: Interview with Robbie Wilde," Vice, August 2015
- "'This is Not a Deaf Movie': Interview with The Tribe's Yana Novikova," Vice, June 2015
- "A Good Deaf Man is Hard to Find," The Believer, Fall 2015
- "Writer's Recommend," Poets & Writers, June 2015
- "What it's Like to be a Deaf Novelist," The Guardian, May 2015
- "Memories of Pan-Yugo Angst," Music + Literature, May 2015
- "Book Notes: Girl at War" Largehearted Boy, May 2015
- "Remission," Catapult, November 2015
- "Ableism Hurts," Blunderbuss Magazine, May 2014
- "Let's Stop Mansplaining Eastern Europe," Blunderbuss Magazine, March 2014
- "Writing Lessons," Ploughshares, September 2013
Anthologies
- Others: Writers on the Power of Words to Help us See Beyond Ourselves, Unbound Press, forthcoming July 2019
(Proceeds of this book go to Refugee Action and Stop Hate UK)
- Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church, Epiphany Publishing, forthcoming December 2019
(Proceeds of this book go to Refugee Action and Stop Hate UK)
- Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church, Epiphany Publishing, forthcoming December 2019
