“What Alex Jones is Really Selling” for NBCTHINK

When Jones’ predictions of a government takeover via Y2K intensified, my mother broke the lease on her apartment to move us into a small cabin in the country.

“On West Virginian Abortion Stories” for LitHub

Rather than demonizing a place and a people, let’s talk about the West Virginians who suffer most from the chokehold of regressive policies.

“Almost West Virginia: 50 Years with Country Roads” for Charleston Gazette

Though I’d heard the song somewhere on the order of ten thousand times—one cannot avoid it during a West Virginia childhood—by in the mornin’ hour she calls me I was mumbling, embarrassed; how could I not know the verses?