Media

Selected Interviews and Mentions

The New York Times Review of The Loneliness Files

The Washington Post Review of The Loneliness Files

The Kirkus Review of The Loneliness Files 

The Library Journal Starred Review of The Loneliness Files

Publishers Weekly Review of The Loneliness

Brooklyn Rail Review of The Loneliness Files

The Chicago Review of Books Review of The Loneliness Files

BOMB Magazine Interview with Gracie Jordan

Electric Literature Interview with Brian Gresko

Otherppl Podcast No. 876

Write or Die Interview

Navigating Loneliness Interview (Ohio Center for the Book)

The Loneliness Files Playlist (Largehearted Boy)

True Magazine Interview with Cija Jefferson

West Trade Review of The Loneliness Files

Hippocampus Magazine Review and Interview with Athena Dixon

Common Good Interview with Sarah Haywood

Hobart Pulp Interview with Tamara MC

Powell’s Fourth Quarter Book Preview

Poets and Writers Page One

American Scientist Fall STEM Reads 2023

New York Amsterdam News

Library Journal Fall Book Preview

Most Anticipated: The Great 2023B Book Preview (The Millions)

Bridging Philly: Ending the Loneliness Epidemic (May 27, 2023)

Lit Hub Exclusive Cover Reveal

The Creative Nonficiton Podcast: Episode 279

Lyric Essentials with Sundress Publications

Original Obsessions Interview with Tarpaulin Sky 

32 Impressive Indie Press Books from 2020 (Independent Book Review)

Stories Without Veils: Talking with Athena Dixon (The Rumpus)

15 Books from Smaller Presses You Won’t Be Able to Put Down (Buzzfeed News)

IG Live Interview with Interested in Black Books

The Only One in the Room Podcast

A Lit Convo: We Are Adult Literature 

Interview: Hippocampus Magazine


Conferences

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Bookfair & Conference (AWP)

2024, Kansas City

Panelist for Writing about Your Trauma without Re-Traumatizing Yourself

2023, Seattle

Panelist for Creating an Author Platform Based on Tragedy without Sounding Perpetually Tragic

Panelist for Trauma in Unstructured Memory vs. Crafted Memoir

2022, Philadelphia

Panelist for Brutal or Traumatic Scenes in Creative Nonfiction: Is There a Veil?

2020, San Antonio

Panelist for Pushing Past Page 70: Reaching Creative Nonfiction Readers

Panelist for To Boldly Go: Unconventional Publishing Opportunities from Radio and Beyond

2013, Boston

Panelist for Stranger in a Strange Land: Poets in the Composition Classroom

HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers (Lancaster)

2022

Moderator for Publishing Perspectives: A Creative Nonfiction Editors Panel

2021

Breakout Session Presenter for Write, Work, Live: Balancing a Day Job, Writing, and Trying to Do What You Love

2020

Breakout Session Presenter for Write, Work, Live: Balancing a Day Job, Writing, and Trying to Do What You Love (postponed due to COVID-19)

2019

Breakout Session Presenter for Doubt by Any Other Name: Combating Impostor Syndrome and Finding Your Voice

2018

Breakout Session Presenter for Navel Gazing and Other Worthy Pursuits

2017

Breakout Session Presenter for Many Roads Traveled: Writing, Publishing, and Editing Across Intersections

2016

Flash Session Presenter for Reloading the Canon: On Being an Editor of Color

James River Writers Conference (Richmond, VA)

2020

Panelist for Presenting Your Poetry

Panelist for Balancing Act

Panelist for The Importance of Representation

Presenter for On Essays-Writing Your Point

Rosemont College (Bryn Mawr, PA)

2020

Panelist for Freelancing: Writing Online, Editing, and More (MFA Career Symposium)

Panelist for Tuesday Night Publishing Round Table (Summer Retreat)

The Muse and The Marketplace (Boston)

2019

Teaching Scholar for Navel Gazing and Other Worthy Pursuits: A Character Building Game

Wakandacon (Chicago)

2019

Panelist/Moderator for Fan Fiction for Black Girls When Reader Inserts Ain’t Enuf


Readings and Signings (Please see Calendar for Current Events)

Hidden Timbers Books Small Press Author Reading Series (March 2022)

Writers and Books: Visiting Authors Series (March 2021)

The Writers Center Virtual Craft Talk (December 2020)

Raven Bookstore Small Press Showcase (December 2020)

The Antibody Reading, October 2020

Memoir Monday Reading Series, September 2020

Hidden Timber Small Press Author Reading Series, September 2020

Reader, AWP20: CNF Reading, Moses Rose’s Hideout (San Antonio, TX)

Memoir Workshop, Drexel Writer’s Room, November 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)

No God in This Room Book Signing and Reading, The Soap Gallery, November 2018 (Youngstown, OH)

The Breakbeat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic Book Tour Stop, Politics and Prose (Union Market, Washington D.C.), September 2018