essays
reading body horror to accept my own - write or die magazine
american virgin - black lipstick
getting oral - hobart
phantom baby, motherless daughter - hobart
mother out of time - hobart (originally published in memoirist)
fear and loathing at the united center - hobart
a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again, new years edition - hobart
hungry for more - zona motel
what i’ve learned from caroline calloway - zona motel
covet the nanny job - zona motel
writers’ workshop - hobart
writers’ workshop ii - hobart
writers’ workshop iii - hobart
writers’ workshop iv - hobart
writers’ workshop v - hobart
fiction
you teach me how to be - x-r-a-y lit
we’ll be in touch - hobart
office hours - across the margin
notes from an unlicensed therapist - discretionary love
tooth gem in a nebraska mcdonald’s - bright flash literary review
the rabbi, his dominatrix and me - bruiser magazine
freshly laundered baby clothes - idle ink
ouroboros - schuylkill valley journal
the bodies exhibit - horror sleaze trash
to excise a malignancy - defuncted
oyster fest - potato soup journal (also featured in best of 2022 anthology)
last boat to frioul - bewildering stories
ideal you bars - the chamber magazine
book reviews & interviews
american canto - zona motel
midnight in the zoological gardens: david ryan’s lonely decadence - the republic of letters
the memoirist is present: caroline calloway’s ‘scammer’ - black lipstick
emmalea russo by emma burger, on cancel culture, the comments section, fashion, and running away - zona motel
francesca kritikos by emma burger, on money, power, god, and the body - zona motel
sam heaps by emma burger, on cults, faith, motels, and miscarriage - zona motel
michelle gurule by emma burger, on sugaring, the stigma around sex work, and her new memoir, thank you, john - zona motel
ella baxter: on artmaking and motherhood, tiktoks as performance art, and her new novel ‘woo woo’ - write or die magazine
claire hopple: on surveillance, diary keeping, letting yourself play, and her new novel ‘take it personally’ - write or die magazine
lexi kent-moning: on death, mothering, and her debut novel ‘the burden of joy’ - write or die magazine
daisuke shen: on artificial intelligence, the brutality of human relationships, writing the body, and their debut story collection, ‘vague predictions and prophecies - write or die magazine
ghassan zeineddine: on representation without appropriation, finding community in arab america, the pressure to pursue “safe” careers, and his debut story collection ‘dearborn’ - write or die magazine
jade song: on myth making, artistic lineage, and her debut novel ‘chlorine’ - write or die magazine
nicole cuffy: on the allure of cults, the trauma of the vietnam war, grief, rage, and her novel ‘o sinners!’ - write or die magazine
lydi conklin: on songwriting, queerness, burning your life down, and their debut novel ‘songs of no provenance’ - write or die magazine
write or die magazine’s staff and contributor book picks of 2023 - write or die magazine
write or die magazine’s staff and contributor book picks of 2024 - write or die magazine
poetry
marriage plot - SARKA
spring chicken - virgo venus press
mad tea party - book of matches
you’re laughing - miniMAG
how should a person be - gastropoda
events
dec 12 2025 - the season of lilacs is monstrous launch party - chicago, il
mar 28 2026 - writing 9-5: paid by the word - boise, id