North American Review (Nonfiction) • 22nd October 2024

The Learning Curve

“Get in,” my father said. He did not sound like this revelation was funny.

fivesouth (Poetry) • 28th September 2024

Beautiful Generative Machine

This thing cobbles chunks of your data every night.

Pithead Chapel (Nonfiction) • 28th August 2024

Cornered

A stranger comes calling one Thanksgiving.

The Threepenny Review (Nonfiction) • 30th August 2024

The Noblest of Things

Looking back, I realize that I was in the presence of bee men that night, farmers rich in finer forms of pain, with memories of brothers and friends pinned under tractors, or burned alive using gasoline in foolish ways, or slaughtered in crashes en route to town or to the auction barn with a trailer full of cattle. Bee stings were nothing.

Sojournal (Nonfiction) • 7th July 2023

Travelling Between Planets in Texas

That mythical writer's shack on a windblown prairie? I found it.

The New York Times • 1st August 2017

Four Seasons Dessert With Barry Diller

How do you get to Hollywood? First, you have lunch.

The New York Times • 8th August 2017

Famous People Encountered on the Street

New Yorkers are too cool to bug celebrities. But we keep a list.

ogilvy.com • 4th October 2018

Brands. So What?

Brands aren't simply concoctions built to sell things.They're an essential reference point for our world.

ogilvy.com • 16th October 2018

Creative People in Love (With a Client)

Some clients get a lot more out of their creative partners than others. What's up with that?

AdWeek • 8th August 2017

You, the brand.

During my five years as a freelancer, I wrote down a mercenary code of conduct.

AdAged • 8th August 2017

Ten No-No's for Elderly Creative People

If you’re north of 55 and still somehow working in an advertising agency creative department here are some simple cloaking mechanisms you can use to delay the shoulder tap from security.

The Creative Companion • 9th August 2017

The Creative Companion Blog

Tips to survive and thrive in a creative department.