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ESSAYS


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Jay Shree Krishna,
​Jesus Christ
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THE MAINE REVIEW
​January 2021


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Seven Almonds
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THE RUMPUS - July 23, 2015​
- First Place in 2015 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition
- Public Reading at San Francisco PUBLIC Library
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Natural Tan​
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LITERARY MAMA
December 2017​
- Honorable Mention/ Nonfiction at Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference 2016​
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Visiting the Past

​CREATIVE NONFICTION #54
Winter 2014
 
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Finding Truth In Technology

​CREATIVE NONFICTION #58
Winter 2016​
- A Top 10 Story from 2016 by Creative Nonfiction magazine​
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Memoir of an Exoneration

​THE CHAMPION
​April 2014
 

INTERVIEWS


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 One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Gabriela Garcia 
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
Fall 2021
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Maisy Card
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
Spring 2021
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Becky Mandelbaum
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
​Summer 2020
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Barbara Ridley
CARVE MAGAZINE PREMIUM EDITION
Summer 2018
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The Mauritanian:
​An Interview
THE CHAMPION MAGAZINE
April 2021
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​One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Anita Felicelli
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
Winter 2020
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist & Poet Devi Laskar
CARVE MAGAZINE PREMIUM EDITION
Winter 2019
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Anne Raeff
CARVE MAGAZINE PREMIUM EDITION
Spring 2018
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​​One to Watch: Interview with Novelist JoAnne Tompkins
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
Summer 2021
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One to Watch: Interview with Memoirist Grace Talusan
Carve Magazine Premium Edition
Fall 2020
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Chip Cheek​
CARVE MAGAZINE PREMIUM EDITION
Summer 2019
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One to Watch: Interview with Novelist Lori Ostlund
CARVE MAGAZINE PREMIUM EDITION
Spring 2017

REVIEWS


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Film Review of Moonlight
THE CHAMPION, Magazine Publication of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers​
January 2017​
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​Film Review of Released ​
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THE CHAMPION, Magazine Publication of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers
November 2015
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Review of Invisible Men by Eric Freeze
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG​
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October 25, 2016
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Review of Paul Auster's The Invention of Solitude​
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​BREVITY MAGAZINE
July 22, 2015
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Review of Christopher Castellani's The Art of Perspective
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG​
August 24, 2016​
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Paying Attention to Pain: A Book Review of the Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
HARVARD DIVINITY BULLETIN
Summer/ Fall 2014

FOR KIDS


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Foreword: Mystery!
826 Quarterly: Poetry, Fiction, & Essays by Authors 6 to 18, Vol. 26
Summer 2018

ACADEMIC & TRADE PUBLICATIONS​


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Sorry, That’s Classified: Post 9/11 Surveillance Powers, the Sixth Amendment, and Niebuhrian Ethics​
BOSTON UNIVERSITY PUBLIC INTEREST LAW JOURNAL
Fall 2014​
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Justice Denied: Appeals Mired in Delay
 



​MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY
October 8, 2012, p. 39 (with Jeanne M. Kempthorne and Allison G. Haar)
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Kids and Gun Safety



​American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Children’s Rights Litigation Newsletter
Spring 2014
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Getting It Right: Improving the Accuracy and Reliability of the Criminal Justice System in Massachusetts ​
Report by the Boston Bar Association Task Force
December 2009
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The Cost of Transcript Delay: Years Wasted in Prison




​MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY
October 8, 2012, p. 38-9

GUEST BLOG POSTS


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Serial - Season 2,
​Episode 11
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"Waiting Is Something Bowe
Knows How To Do."


June 29, 2016
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​Serial - Season 2,
​Episodes 4 & 5
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"As Writers, We Work With This Elasticity Of Time — Honoring The Eternal Nature Of It But Also How Significant Moments Leave Impressions."

March 3, 2016
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The Serial Podcast and Creative Writing
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CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"I Hope To Share With You Three Pearls Of Wisdom From Each Episode About What Makes Koening Such A Stellar Storyteller."

January 11, 2016
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Serial - Season 2,
​Episodes 9 & 10
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"To Follow A Great Story,
​We Need To Eat Our Kale."​


June 14, 2016
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Serial - Season 2,
​Episodes 2 & 3
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"Should Bergdahl Be Or Not Be?
​We Will Keep Tuning In To Find Out."




January 19, 2016
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​Too Much To Read? Here Are 5 Steps to Conquer Your Never-Ending Reading List
 CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG​
"It's Easy To Get Your Reading List Under Control, If You Follow These
5 Simple Steps."
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December 14, 2015
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Serial - Season 2,
​Episodes 6, 7 & 8
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"What? You Couldn't Shave?"


April 20, 2016
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Serial - Season 2,
​Episode 1
CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG
"So Far, This Investigation Is About Big Events ... Yet, Koenig Frames The Story To Us In Human, Relatable Ways."
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January 11, 2016
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You Think Writing is Not A Job? Think Again
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CARVE MAGAZINE BLOG​
"I Want To Say – Boldly And With Absolutely No Hesitation – That Writing Is So A Job And A Necessary One At That."

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November 19, 2015.
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