Article | February 22, 2024

“Please I Will Give Anything for You to Come Back”

“Why Rebecca Vance’s Off-Grid Move Resulted in Tragedy.” Outside Magazine, February, 2024.

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Book Review | January 27, 2022

One New York girl and the precarious lives of the poor

Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott, Washington Post, December 3, 2021

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Article | July 18, 2019

The Last Frontier: Homesteaders on the Margins of America

“The Last Frontier: Homesteaders on the Margins of America,” Harper’s Magazine, August 2019.

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Article | January 19, 2018

The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis

“The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis” Smithsonian Magazine, January, 2018.

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Article | August 1, 2017

My South Park

“My South Park,” 5280, August, 2017.

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Article | November 20, 2016

A Death on the Tracks

“A Death on the Tracks,” newyorker.com, November 20, 2016.

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Article | November 3, 2016

The History of Southern Africa, by Train

“The History of Southern Africa, by Train,” T Magazine, November 3, 2016.

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Article | October 28, 2016

My Guantánamo, and Theirs

“My Guantánamo, and Theirs” (behind the scenes on press tours of Guantánamo), Off Assignment, August 2016.

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Article | May 12, 2016

To the Traveler Who Hid Cash in Her Underwear

“To the Traveler Who Hid Cash in Her Underwear” (essay for “Letter to a Stranger”), Off Assignment, May 2016.

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Article | September 16, 2015

Cattle Calls: The Vanishing Breed of the Country Vet

“Cattle Calls: The Vanishing Breed of the Country Vet,” Harper’s Magazine, October 2015.

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Book Review | June 27, 2015

The Dispossessed

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, New York Times Book Review, October 17, 2014

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Article | June 16, 2015

The Allure of the Prison Break

“The Allure of the Prison Break” (about the escape from New York’s Clinton prison), New York Times op-ed page, June 16, 2015.

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Introductions & Forewords | February 1, 2015

Fifty Years in Sing Sing, A Personal Account, 1879-1929 [Foreword]

Fifty Years in Sing Sing, A Personal Account, 1879-1929, ed. Penelope Kay Jarrett, State University of New York Press, 2015. [foreword]

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Article | January 27, 2015

From Gitmo to an American Supermax, the Horrors of Solitary Confinement

“From Gitmo to an American Supermax, the Horrors of Solitary Confinement,” Vanity Fair, January 2015.

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Article | July 27, 2014

This Is How We Roll

“This Is How We Roll” (teaching my son the family business), Outside, July 2014.

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Article | October 19, 2013

The Way of All Flesh

“The Way of All Flesh” (about two months as a USDA meat inspector), Harper’s Magazine, May 2013.

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Article | November 18, 2012

A Snitch’s Dilemma

“A Snitch’s Dilemma” (about Atlanta police snitch Alex White), The New York Times Magazine, June 29, 2012.

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Book Review | March 1, 2012

The Flesh Underneath

Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight, by Timothy Pachirat, The Nation, February 7, 2012

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