Artist Statement
Much of my work as a fiction writer, essayist, and critic centers around questions of memory, mourning, movement, and home. I’m especially interested in thinking with contemporary art and literature that helps us make sense of questions about identity, family inheritance, and loss. My approach to these subjects combines rigorous inquiry with the pleasures of uncertainty. My work often slips between forms—stories with a querying, essayistic bent; personal narrative that draws on the tools of fiction or engages critically with cultural artifacts. Additionally, I’m drawn to collaborative work, from co-authored scholarship to the collective labor of running Underwater New York, a community-based arts project that includes a publishing platform, public programming, and institutional partnerships.
My short story "Junkwater Sovereign" is included in the book Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront, which examines more than 600 miles of coastline through rare photographs, history, new fiction and contemporary art.