Selected features and essays
Cities of the Dead visits the place that stuff goes to die — the self-storage palace. An Alternet original, June 2008.
National Treasure is a full-page visual postscript to my study of self-storage. In GOOD magazine #12.
Enter Stitchman finds the dead-serious dirt behind the current knitting revival. Powells.com exclusive, April 2008.
Tabletop Biosphere is a fun exploration of the ecological cycles that keep us all alive — and an inspiration to brood on everything from Godhood to space colonization. MAKE #10, Spring 2007.
Green McMansions finds that many eco-houses are real gas guzzlers. Originally in E: the Environmental Magazine summer 2006.
Slices to Dream On digs into the sickly sweet history of American wedding cakes. American Spirit, May/June 2006.
Sport of Kings uncovers the messy relations of horse racing, slavery, and class in Colonial America. American Spirit, May/June 2005.
Puppet masters finds high art in the spectacle of organized protest. The Bear Deluxe #18.
First Mates revives those indomitable scions of the seas: ship’s cats. Cat Fancy, January 2006.
Back to the future looks into why we haven’t gotten jet packs yet — along with all those great futuristic inventions we were supposed to have by the 21st century. The Bear Deluxe #15.
Good Will Hunting examines problematic collaborations between hunters and environmentalists, and was noted by Library Journal. The Bear Deluxe #14.