I'm a high school English teacher and an assistant boys' cross-country coach. I'm a dad (see right) and a husband.
I grew up an only child in Hanover, New Hampshire, with a few family sabbaticals to California.
I have a BA in American Studies from Amherst College (Tusks Up!) and an MPP from the Ford School at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!).
Here's a list of books I've finished reading.
Work I've written is below. Thanks for stopping by.Â
"Beyond the Bathroom," Amherst magazine, 2017
"In Winter, Only in New Hampshire," The New York Times, 2012
"You Never Forget," The Morning News, 2014
"Humans Playing Humans," The Morning News, 2012
My collected contributions to The Believer, 2005-2024
My collected McSweeney's contributions, 2002-2010
"Educational Voyage," Nashua Telegraph, 2009
"Coming Together at the Seams," Amherst magazine, 2007
"New England Niche," The Chronicle of the Horse, 2013
Graduation Address, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2007
My own Haggadah for the Passover I wanted to host, 2009