SELECT WRITING

Fiction

• [PANK]: "Ways to Swim"

• Drunken Boat: "Everyone's Place"

• Eunoia Review: "Thief of Your Comfort"

• Atticus Review: "Three Memories of Which I Am Fairly Certain"

• Fwriction Review: "Preparation" (an excerpt from The Fabulists)

• McSweeney's Internet Tendency: "Dante and Virgil Go Grocery Shopping"

Essays & Reviews

• Arcadia Magazine: "Wrapping Paper" **nominated for The Pushcart Prize

• Ploughshares: "Literary Boroughs--Asheville, NC"

• The New York Times: "Giving Up a 3-D Printed Prosthetic for a Different Vision of Perfect"

• The Dirty Spoon: “Remote Cravings”

• The Millions: "Nine Modern Literary Letter Collections For The Curious Reader"

• Writer's Digest: "Creative Rations"

• Kenyon Review: "On Lily Hoang's A BESTIARY"

• The Rumpus: "On Dalia Rosenfeld's THE WORLDS WE THINK WE KNOW"

• Southern Humanities Review: "On Jana Benova's SEEING PEOPLE OFF"

• ROVA Magazine: “Road Tripping in Colorado”

• Travel + Leisure: “The Beautiful N.C. Lake Getaway You’ve Probably Never Heard Of”

• Southern Review of Books: “On Anya Liftig’s HOLLER RAT”

• Iowa Review: “Surfboard”

Interviews

• The Dirty Spoon: “The Mechanics of Becoming Sweet: Inside Mrs. Hanes Cookies”

• Southern Review of Books: “The Sweet Gum Head: Interview with Martin Padgett”

• Southern Review of Books: “Graceland, At Last: Interview with Margaret Renkl”

• East Fork: “At The Table with Anne Quatrano”

• East Fork: “In The Dirt with Evan Chender”

• Southern Review of Books: “House of Cotton: Interview with Monica Brashears”

• Southern Review of Books: “Where Dark Things Grow: Interview with Andrew K. Clark”

Anthologies

• "Thief of Your Comfort," Rozlyn: Short Stories by Women Writers (Rozlyn Press, 2015)

Audio & Video

• Interview, Punch Bucket Lit Podcast (2024)

• Interview, In The Sauce Podcast (2024)

The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour

For 4 seasons, editor and co-hosts Jonathan Ammons and Catherine Campbell showcased stories from the people behind our meals. Airing on Saturday mornings on WPVM, The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour is a culinary mix tape and digital journal featuring diverse voices around America, with fresh new music, local artist illustrations, and personal essays. Jon and Lexie are the new editors and co-hosts. If you like the show, consider supporting them on Patreon!

Current Projects

• Haith: A novel.

• Gap Year: A novel.