Freelance writer with a focus on books, gender, and prison / the criminal legal system 
 
​NEWS & FEATURES: 
Arkansas moves to ban books in prisons as a drug-fighting measure | The Washington Post (January 2026) 
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A new documentary examines the queasy appeal of ‘To Catch a Predator’ | The Washington Post (December 2025) 

Bending The Bars: How a group of incarcerated artists turned phone calls from jail into an album | Service95 (September 2025) 

Why longtime fans of true crime are quitting this genre for good | The Washington Post (September 2023) 

When pet owners are jailed, shelter programs step in to help | The Washington Post (June 2023) 

Cars are decimating the Florida panther. A new film shows what can save it. | The Washington Post (May 2023) 
The dog lawyer doesn't care that you hate him | The New York Times (July 2022) 

Why elderly incarcerated people struggle to find care after prison | The Appeal (July 2022) 

Rethinking prison tourism | The Marshall Project (June 2022)

Nurses are battling vaccine misinformation from their own colleagues | Slate (Aug 2021) 

Frat culture's casual misogyny is everywhere—even Congress | Teen Vogue (May 2021) ​

Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment’ | The Guardian (April 2021)

'Basically Cyberbullying': How cops abuse social media to publicly humiliate | The Appeal (Dec 2020)
ESSAYS: 
Used paperbacks change lives behind bars, even with growing prison book bans | The Washington Post (June 2024)  

My dad was ill. Could he survive the prison health-care system? | The Washington Post (January 2024)

​Prison visitation isn't like the movies | Catapult (May 2021)  
 ​BOOKS: 
‘Beach Read’ director knows the power of a good love story | The Washington Post (February 2026)

A mapmaker transports readers back into their favorite books | The Washington Post (October 2024) 

The surprising thing sharks can teach us about life | The Washington Post (July 2024) 

On Instagram and TikTok, annotating books is an art | The Washington Post (November 2023) 

Rereading 'The Gift of Fear' in the age of mass shootings | The Washington Post (Oct 2022) 

New Orleans is looking toward a hopeful future. A new bookstore is lighting the way. | The Washington Post (March 2021)