Selected Writing Clips
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts: Profiles & Reviews
Jake Troyli contains multitudes: The Chicago-based artist implicates the viewer, and the art world, in his self-referential work. | Chicago Reader
Excavating the unconscious: In her solo exhibition at DePaul Art Museum, Krista Franklin uses surrealism to imagine a more radical world. | Chicago Reader
A new home, a new energy: Artist Carmen Neely and gallerist Mariane Ibrahim found community in Chicago. | Chicago Reader
Thinking of us: Barbara Kruger captures the zeitgeist of the present moment with her exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. | Chicago Reader
Art expands the world of Juliet | Chicago Reader
‘Setting the Stage’ tells the story of Chicago theater in 56 objects | Chicago Reader
Performing Arts: Reviews & Features:
Seeking sanctuary in Routes: A British play about immigrants speaks to current U.S. issues. | Chicago Reader
Bug captures our current malaise: Steppenwolf’s remount of Tracy Letts’s play about paranoia and isolation is right on time. | Chicago Reader
Y Tu Abuela, Where is She? explores identity and family codependency: Visión Latino Theatre Company’s world premiere is not to be missed. | Chicago Reader
American Mariachi finally gets its Goodman debut: Music, memory, and feminism combine in a show that’s both festive and reverent. | Chicago Reader
Destinos showcases local and international theater companies: Voices and stories from the Latino diaspora return live in CLATA’s annual festival. | Chicago Reader
Fefu and Her Friends meet virtually: Maria Irene Fornés’s feminist masterpiece Zooms in to help Season of Concern. | Chicago Reader
Dystopia on the air: A trifecta of radio plays examines the present through the lens of the past. | Chicago Reader
Believable: changing the story on how plays address violence against women | Chicago Reader
The Goodman’s production of Twilight Bowl is all female—onstage and behind the scenes | Chicago Reader
Bug still gets under the skin | Chicago Reader
Literary Criticism & Features
A Season of Books Takes Stock of #MeToo | Literary Hub
As abortion stories flood the internet one wonders when it will ever be enough? | Literary Hub
In the Long Fight for Reproductive Justice, Storytelling is a Weapon | Literary Hub
Alyssa Cole's New Thriller Proves Anti-Racist Reading Should Include Genre Fiction | Parade.com
Author Dawnie Walton Explains How She Wrote the Role Model She Wanted Growing Up | Parade.com
Meg Wolitzer: “What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Power?” | Literary Hub
Personal Essays
Current Events, Societal Critiques & Op-Eds
Dystopian Novel Authors Talk About the Current State of the World: Here's what it really means to live in a dystopia. | Teen Vogue
Women’s March for Reproductive Rights Is Great — But We Need a Strike | Teen Vogue
‘No One Is Okay’ Is a Mantra on Social Media for Good Reason | Teen Vogue
President Biden, Please Just Give Up on Bipartisanship | Teen Vogue
Democrats Have to Stop Rolling Over on Key Priorities | Teen Vogue
Democratic Party Leaders Just Don’t Get It | Teen Vogue
White Women Have to Answer for Backing Trump Again | Teen Vogue
Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee May Be a Woman, But She Won’t Help Women | Teen Vogue
Amy Coney Barrett Is On The Supreme Court: What Happens Now? | Refinery 29
Where Are All the Female Head Coaches? | Glamour.com
Why Rosemarie Aquilina is the Appropriate Avenger for the 'Me Too' Movement | Glamour.com