Writing

Collaborations with Nature. High Country News. Aug. 1, 2022.
To Gather and to Grieve: Making Space for Mourning at a Folklife Festival. Journal of Folklore and Education, 2022: Volume 9. Bretton A. Varga and Mark E. Helmsing, Guest Editors.
Becoming Animal. Guernica. May 6, 2020.
Grieving in Dreams: An interview with Beth Alvarado. Guernica. April 2020.
Trump’s Border Wall Construction Is Threatening Ceremonial and Sacred Sites. Hyperallergic. Feb. 14, 2020.
Excerpt: The Lightest Object in the Universe. Alta Magazine. Sept. 30, 2019.
Like a Crow: An Excerpt. Terrain.org. Sept. 5, 2019.
Thirteen Ways Inside My Apocalpytic Heart. The Millions. July 17, 2019.
I Wanted to Write a Book and Have a Baby, But Only One of Those Things Happened. Bustle. July 9, 2019.

The Lightest Object in the Universe: A novel. Algonquin Books. July 2019.
When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel. Literary Hub. July 8, 2019.
Duet for a Small Porpoise’s Extinction. Longreads. Dec. 10, 2018.
World Cup and the Revolution. The Progressive. June 29, 2018.
The Candle Holder (fiction). Ellipsis. May 30, 2018.
Hello Blood: The Dance of Miscarriage. Guernica. May 7, 2018.
How Many Golf Trips Is Public Funding for the Arts Worth? High Country News. August 2017.
The Public Value in the NEA Saguaro Project. Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal. August 1, 2017.
Letter to America. Terrain.org. June 2017.
Standing with Saguaros: Radio Podcasting as Performance Research and Species Stewardship. HowlRound. Jan. 28, 2017.
Dangerous Mouths. Manifest-Station, Dec. 11, 2016.
“White Winged Dove.” The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide. University of Arizona Press: Tucson. 2016
Standing with Saguaros: Intimate Theatre and Intimate Environmentalism. HowlRound. June 10, 2016.
“How to Duet with a Saguaro.” Performing Ethos: An International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance, 5: 1+2, pp. 93–104.
Listening to Yellow Cedar (radio). KCAW, Raven Radio. Sitka, AK. Oct. 25, 2015.
“Stalk.” (fiction) The Dictionary Project. Feb. 18, 2015.
Big Sky Lessons: a blog about my rural teaching artist residencies), 2009-2012.
Why I Write.  Kore Press Persephone Speaks. Oct. 15, 2008.
Art Makes All Things Better. Teaching Tolerance. Spring. 2008.
Why He Went to War. Alternet.org. August 8, 2005.
Research Offers New Hope in the Search to Treat Blindness. Scripps Institute Endeavor. Winter 2004-05.
Spying on the Stars. Indiana University Research & Creative Activity. Fall 2004.
“The Flesh, the Bones, and the Beating Heart.” Cuba in Mind: An Anthology. Vintage 2004.
Poverty-Chic: Diesel’s New Line. Pacific News Service. August 20, 2003
Border Maps. FourthGenre. Spring 2003.
With Every Breath You Take, OnEarth Magazine, Winter 2002.
Arab-Affinities: the Multicultural Power of Soap Operas. Pacific News Service, Nov. 24, 2002.
“Documenting the Then and the Now,” Orion Afield. Autumn 2001.
“The Other Side of the Wires,” Orion Magazine, Spring 2000.