Selected Writing
A selection of creative and critical writing, including poetry, and academic essays.
“Augusta”
Research poem written in the poetry sequence at Northwestern, exploring my great-great-grandmother Augusta through memory, sensory detail, and archival research.
“Absolutely”
An analysis of Dijon’s Absolutely as a contemporary work of cinematic avant-garde, exploring how medium specificity, fractured mise-en-scène, and increasingly experimental editing translate the emotional unraveling of a relationship into a visceral, trance-like film experience.
“After Why He Sings, a Painting by Rick Bartow”
Acrostic poem about my dad and a painting of a wolf.
“Anthem”
"Poem that moves through childhood, family, and intimacy to examine survival, vulnerability, and the body’s memory of pain.
“Canonizing “Shelter” by Mbozi Haimbe”
A critical essay arguing for the canonization of Mbozi Haimbe’s short story “Shelter,” examining how its vivid landscape-building transforms climate change from an abstract concept into an intimate, human experience.