publications
Essays
When Writing Honestly Makes You a Bad Wife and Mother, Brevity Blog
I saw houses being washed away in Alaska. Stop the victim blaming, The Independent
Winning Entry of Modern Muse’s First Five Pages Contest – Chapter Excerpt
Elissa Bassist’s “Hysterical” Conquers Taboos, Lilith Magazine
Is Yours This Good? Hobart Pulp
The Way to Freedom in Jacqueline Crooks’ “Fire Rush,” Ploughshares Blog
Speaking Truth to Power: An Interview with Elissa Bassist, Brevity Blog
How We Grow Wings, New York Times
Celebrating the Day of the Dead with My Students Helped Me Overcome My Fear of Death, Insider Magazine
Crafting Beauty from Trauma, Brevity Blog
The Perils of Freedom in “How to Turn Into a Bird,” Ploughshares Blog
Readers Write, The Sun Magazine
Here’s What Happened When We Swapped Out Online School For Time In The Wilderness, Huff Post
My daughter turns everything into art. Her passion helped diagnose her autism. Insider Magazine
In Alaska, things look surprisingly bad for Sarah Palin– and for Republicans in general, The Independent
How did a Democrat become the most popular politician in Alaska? The Independent
“I could see sanity from my house!” Alaskan’s react to Palin’s loss with joy– including conservatives, The Independent
Tiny Victory, New York Times
Signs Off, Bloodroot Literary Magazine
Grounded, KTOO Radio Community Connection
Alaska On Fire, The Hellebore
Rowing in Dulce de Leche, Lowestoft Chronicle
“There’s nothing maverick about her anymore”: What Alaskans really think about Sarah Palin in 2022, The Independent
As an Alaskan, I know why my state’s been hit so hard by COVID , The Independent
‘We don’t care how they do it in the Lower 48’: The Alaskans refusing the vaccine, The Independent
We need more money for schools, not less, Juneau Empire
Andi Story is the best choice for schools, Juneau Empire
Satire
As a Superhero Teacher, I Can’t Wait to Sacrifice My Unvaccinated Life for Your Child, McSweeney’s
Welcome to Your Writing Retreat: The COVID Isolation Room, Slackjaw
Household Appliance Erotica, Slackjaw
Help, I’m At My Son’s Baseball Game And I’ve Forgotten How To People!, Slackjaw
We Are The Seven White Guys Without Masks In Your Tiny Little Airport, Slackjaw
Middle-Aged Erotica: Cataract Surgery, Slackjaw
Slackjaw: An Open Letter To Lysistrata Regarding Her “No Copulation Without Vaccination” Campaign, Slackjaw
If We Cancel Standardized Testing, How Will We Keep Poor Kids Out of College?, Widget Mag
Are You Getting LASIK Surgery or Starring in a Cheap Porn?, Points In Case
Passages from My Nine-Year-Old’s Journal That Prove He’s Possessed by Walt Whitman’s Ghost, Points In Case
Are You Parenting Small Children During a Pandemic, Or Are You Baba Yaga, the Ogress Who Lives In a Hut on Chicken Legs and Eats Her Victims?, The Belladonna
We Must Put an End to Government Overreach, Which is Why I’m Burning Down These Stop Signs, The Belladonna
Female Empowerment Anthems Rewritten for Accuracy, The Belladonna
I, Baba Yaga, Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Stay in this Chicken-Legged Hut with These Children, Jane Austen’s Wastebasket
I Am A Modern, Progressive Guy, And No One Crushes Toxic Masculinity More Than I, Funnyish
I Cannot Control The Virus Variants, But I CAN Make You Change All The Punctuation In These HOA Minutes, Greener Pastures
I Am So Happy That You Are Living Your Best Covid Life!, Greener Pastures
Wines that Pair Perfectly with the Fall… of Democracy, Greener Pastures
In Hindsight, Maybe We Shouldn’t Have Made It Optional to Stop at Intersections, Robot Butt
Thanksgiving Gratitudes From Our Family, a Pack of Alaskan Wolves, Robot Butt
Can Someone Please Retrieve their Small Child Who Keeps Playing with the Weather Laser?, 2 Hohohos
Quiz: Are You Ready to Reenter Society by Attending that Wiccan Seance? , The Haven
Fear Not the Jabberwocky that Hast Ran Rampant Throughout the Capitol Building and Is Likely Coming to Your Small Town, Rejected Writers
Poetry
Solstice Through Aperture, Winner of Alaska Statewide Poetry Contest
Fevers of the Mind Poetry Showcase
Butterflies in a Jar, Tidal Echoes
Convergence, Sleet Magazine
bless this dishwasher, Little Old Lady Comedy
Season of the Crone, Dodging the Rain
If John Muir Were a Girl, Alaska Women Speak
More Cowbell, 49 Writers: Writing the Distance
Letter to the Universe, Tidal Echoes Magazine
From a Distance, Motherwell Magazine
Hands, Third Wednesday & Tidal Echoes
At the Edge, Dodging the Rain & Front Porch Review
as if to stop the time, Alaska Women Speak
The Day Before, Plum Tree Tavern
Eliot Fisk Plays “Memories of Alhambra” and May in Juneau Empire
Anthologies
Embrace the Merciless Joy: The McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Guide to Rearing Small, Medium, and Large Children, forthcoming
Courageous Women, by Ukiyoto Publishing
Interview
Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Summer Koester