Bio

I'm originally from Atlanta, GA, but relocated to Seattle for a few years, then moved to New York. I'm now based in Savannah, GA.

I'm a writer and editor with many years of experience writing for a wide variety of regional, national, and international publications. I've been a book reviewer for Publishers Weekly. I've covered films for the Tribeca Film Festival. And I've been an arts editor at various publications, including Tablet Magazine and Inside Philanthropy. I covered arts and culture for the Savannah Morning News for over six years and won two Georgia Press Association Awards for my journalism there. I've contributed to a long list of publications that include The Atlantic, Playboy, Village Voice, New York Press, USA Today, Juxtapoz, Dazed & Confused, SOMA, Beautiful/Decay, Flux, Elemental, RE:UP, Remix, Swindle, Resonance, and many others. I've also had a number of short stories published over the years in various lit journals, including Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, Defenestration, nthposition, Metazen, Flesh & Blood, Allegory Magazine, Coffin Bell Journal, and Neon Dystopia.

In addition to writing, I've worked in a variety of fields, including social services, community development, fine art, photography, architecture and design, theater, event production, and an assortment of other more mundane jobs to pay the bills. I've worked in various capacities with different under-served populations, including the homeless, the elderly, and youth of all ages. I’m a former member of the Chatham County Cultural Affairs Commission where I chaired the Public Art Committee and I served on an advisory committee for the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. I also worked with the Equal Justice Initiative’s Community Remembrance Project where I acted as community facilitator and organizer. I’m a former board member of Art Rise Savannah and ARTS Southeast and I currently Chair the Savannah-Chatham County Historic Site and Monument Commission.