In May 2026, I wrote “Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest” for the New Yorker—a review of Lucy Ives’s collection of writing exercises, three six five, drawing on my coaching practice.

My criticism and essays have appeared in Affidavit, Artforum, Bookforum, 4Columns, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Yorker’s Page-Turner, the Paris Review Daily, and the Times Literary Supplement. An excerpt from my fiction-photography series, “Abreaction,” was recently published in AFM. My novel, Cope, will be published in 2028, and I’m the co-author (with Jennifer Krasinski) of The Craft of Cultural Criticism: A Guide to Writing Artfully about the Arts, forthcoming from University of Chicago Press.

In 2013, I was the associate editor for Loop (Walker Art Center), the magazine edited by artist and musician Jason Moran. In 2018, I co-edited, with Lisa Darms, the book Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz, published by Semiotext(e). It was reviewed in BOMB and Hyperallergic, excerpted for an Artforum cover story, and recommended by Dev Hynes.

As a freelance editor and coach, I have fifteen years of experience working on art books, memoirs, trade non-fiction, essays, interviews, novels, proposals, pitches, and query letters. Get in touch to discuss your project!

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