Boston-based writer and editor. Currently covering music and books. Interested in just about everything.
Brand Journalism
Berklee Now
News and stories from the extended Berklee universe. Written 2018–present.
“Bruce Hornsby Is Still Seeing What He Can Get Away With”
“Everything Is Music to Instrument Inventor Akito van Troyer’s Ears”
“How Generative AI Is Changing College Classes”
“Kris Davis Makes DownBeat Cover with New Village Vanguard Classic”
“15 of the Best Cover Songs (and Why They Work)”
“Hong Kong Indie Artist cehryl Faces Her Fears”
“Lost John Coltrane Record Still Sounds Like Freedom”
“After a TikTok Hit, corook Gets ‘Serious’ (Sort Of)”
“Do Producers Need Technical or Musical Skill?”
“From TikTok Fame to Tiny Desk, Tiny Habits Is a 2022 Breakout Band”
“It’s Time to Change How We Talk About Disability in Education”
“Singer Christiane Karam Raises Her Voice—and Her Fists—for Lebanon”
“With Shuruaat, the Berklee Indian Ensemble Begins a New Chapter”
“Big Thief Return to Its Roots”
“Pro Audio Equipment for Recording Studio-Caliber Music Anywhere”
“Guitar Playing Styles to Explore and Master”
“Berklee: A Sonic Timeline” (write-ups of songs by John Abercrombie, John Mayer, Mayssa Karaa, Big Thief, and Arooj Aftab)
“Your Guide to Berklee Online’s Most Popular Courses”
“30 under 30” (profiles on Adrianne Lenker, Mayssa Karaa, Sid Sriram, Olivia Dawn, and Simone Torres)
“You’ve Probably Never Heard This Instrument. Matthew Baker Wants to Change That.”
“The Seagull Effect: Finding New Sounds with the JACK Quartet”
“How Living Learning Communities Transform the College Experience”
“Mayssa Karaa and A. R. Rahman Craft a Bollywood Hit”
“Overwatch Composer Adam Burgess Charts a Path from Berklee to Blizzard Entertainment”
“Both Sides of Goose, America’s Premier Jam Band”
“What Does Science Sound Like?”
“Andrew Sarlo's Big Year: On Producing for Bon Iver, Big Thief, and More”
“Composer Marti Epstein Makes 'Unimaginable' Music”
“Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s Orchestra of Electricity”
“Nirvana Producer Steve Albini Recorded this Berklee Band’s Raw New Track”
“Big Thief’s Buck Meek Comes Full Circle”
“Classical Guitarist Kim Perlak Explores the American Style”
“The Berklee Metallica Project Answers Heavy Metal Hypotheticals”
“Saxophonist Walter Smith III’s Uncommon Range”
“Tonya Butler Talks Personal Responsibility in the Industry”
“Vimbayi Kaziboni Brings Contemporary African Works to Center Stage”
Sounds of Berklee
Podcast interviews and song features for discerning ears. Written, hosted, produced, and edited 2018–present.
Gordon College
Ads, admissions publications, and alumni magazine features. Written 2012–2014.
Faculty profile for admissions preview book (2012).
Alum profile for admissions preview book (2012).
Viewbook spread (2013–2014).
Viewbook spread (2013–2014).
Viewbook infographic (2013–2014).
Stillpoint alumni magazine feature (2013).
Stillpoint alumni magazine feature (2013).
Literary Work
Criticism
Thinking about books, talking to authors.
“Corruption Trickles Down: A Conversation with Sonya Bilocerkowycz”
Los Angeles Review of Books, 2019
“The Great Blank at the Center of It All” (review of themystery.doc by Matthew McIntosh)
Zyzzyva, 2017
“Returning to Walden” (review of A Fugitive in Walden Woods by Norman Lock)
The Millions, 2017
“All that Modernism Is” (review of All that Man Is by David Szalay)
Los Angeles Review of Books, 2016
“An Elephant Remembers” (review of The Tusk that Did the Damage by Tania James)
Los Angeles Review of Books, 2015
Fiction
True things, but made up.
Hangnail, vol. 3: Field Recordings (chapbook)
A collaborative zine release with photographer Peter Morse and poet Bryan Parys, 2018.
Theatre
Writing for the stage.
The Quiet Room
Cowritten with Rebekah Jordan and Rachel Gawlak. Produced by The 5th Wall, performed at the Cabot Street YMCA, Beverly, MA, 2014.
Midnight Streetlight Smalltown
Cowritten and produced by The 5th Wall, performed at Atomic Cafe, Beverly, MA, 2013.