C.V. ︎
Education
School of Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | M.F.A. in Writing
Thesis: The Racket is Unbelievable | May 2023
Research: Indexing an Intimate Reality: Merle Hoyleman’s Private Mythology in Asp of the Age, In-Progress
University of Georgia | Athens, GA | B.A. in English
Creative Writing Emphasis, History Minor | December 2019
Directed Study with Magdalena Zurawski
Occupations
Artsy, New York City, NY
Staff Writer | October 2023 - Present
Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL
Contributing Writer | February 2022 - Present
GROTTO, New York City, NY & Baltimore, MD
Co-Founding Editor | March 2023 - Present
Freelance Writer, Self Employed
The Washington Post, Giddy, Numero, Heavy Feather Review
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Thought Factory, Atlanta, GA
Creative Strategist | April 2023 - September 2023
The Beet, New York City, NY
Staff Writer | January 2021 - January 2023
Schuylkill Valley Journal, Philadelphia, PA
Dispatches Editor | October 2021 - October 2022
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teacher’s Assistant | August - December 2021
Stillpoint Literary Magazine, Athens, GA
Co-Senior Editor | August 2016 - May 2019
Residencies
Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, VT | Writer in Residence
January 2023
Sundress Academy of the Arts | Knoxville, TN | Writer in Residence
January 2020
Awards, Grants, Nomination
• Rotten Tomatoes x Chicago Film Critics Association's "Writers to Watch" | April 2023
• Recipient of a Vermont Studio Center Grant | January 2023
• Finalist for 2022 Quarterly West Chapbook Contest | November 2022
• Winner of Vermont Studio Center Broadside Competition (w/ Parker Luse) | May 2020
• Poetry Pushcart Nomination for Voicebox | October 2019
References
Lucy Danziger
Editor-in-Chief at The Beet
lucy@thebeet.com
Taryn Allen
Associate Editor at Chicago Reader
tallen@chicagoreader.com
David Kyle Choe
Managing Partner at Though Factor
david@thoughtfactory.cc
Patrick Durgin
Professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
pdurgin@saic.edu