I'm a high school English teacher and an assistant boys' cross-country coach. I'm a dad (see right) and a husband.
I grew up an only child in Hanover, New Hampshire, with a few family sabbaticals to California.
I have a BA in American Studies from Amherst College (Tusks Up!) and an MPP from the Ford School at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!).
Here's a list of books I've finished reading.
Work I've written is below. Thanks for stopping by.Â
"Beyond the Bathroom," Amherst magazine, 2017
"In Winter, Only in New Hampshire," The New York Times, 2012
"You Never Forget," The Morning News, 2014
"Our Season of Gathering and Gratitude Need Not Exclude Grief," Portland Press-Herald, 2025
My collected contributions to The Believer, 2005-2024
My collected McSweeney's contributions, 2002-2010
"Educational Voyage," Nashua Telegraph, 2009
"Humans Playing Humans," The Morning News, 2012
"New England Niche," The Chronicle of the Horse, 2013
"Coming Together at the Seams," Amherst magazine, 2007
Graduation Address, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2007
My own Haggadah for the Passover I wanted to host, 2009