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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.
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.
Article | January 19, 2018
The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis
“The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis” Smithsonian Magazine, January, 2018.
Article | November 20, 2016
“A Death on the Tracks,” newyorker.com, November 20, 2016.
Article | November 3, 2016
The History of Southern Africa, by Train
“The History of Southern Africa, by Train,” T Magazine, November 3, 2016.
Article | October 28, 2016
“My Guantánamo, and Theirs” (behind the scenes on press tours of Guantánamo), Off Assignment, August 2016.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Article | July 27, 2014
“This Is How We Roll” (teaching my son the family business), Outside, July 2014.
Article | October 19, 2013
“The Way of All Flesh” (about two months as a USDA meat inspector), Harper’s Magazine, May 2013.
Article | November 18, 2012
“A Snitch’s Dilemma” (about Atlanta police snitch Alex White), The New York Times Magazine, June 29, 2012.
Article | September 28, 2011
“The Fair Ophelia” (A profile of Ophelia Dahl, the co-founder of Partners in Health and daughter of author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal), Kindle Single, September 27, 2011.
Article | March 1, 2011
“Brown Road (1853-1932),” essay in The Common, March 1, 2011.
Article | November 23, 2010
“The Pathetic Newburgh Four” (Should the FBI really be baiting sad-sack homegrown terrorists?)
Slate.com, November 23, 2010.
Article | March 1, 2009
“Slipping From Shangri-La” (about an isolated valley in Ladakh), Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring, 2009.