Recent Work ESSAY: “The Unexpected Joys of a Geriatric Debut." POEM: “Desert Sayings,” on The Slowdown, read by Major Jackson. “So Many Mornings,” written by Donovan McAbee, Mary Gauthier, and Teddy Morgan. POEM: “Dedication to Craft,” in Poetry London. ESSAY: “My Christian Faith Won’t Let Me Vote for Donald Trump or His Disciples. ESSAY: “The Shared Solace in Southern Folk Songs,” in Garden & Gun magazine. ESSAY: “The Many Ways We Have Failed Young People Amid the Gun Violence Crisis,” in TIME magazine. POEM: “The Tunnel,” The Sun, October 2023. ESSAY: “Ashes to Ashes,” Winner, Harpur Palate Creative Nonfiction Award. POEM: “Holding On,” in EcoTheo Review ESSAY: “The Southern Baptist Church’s Long War for the Patriarchy,” in TIME magazine POEM: “Desert Sayings” in Harvard Divinity Bulletin ESSAY: “How Do We Respond to this Hell. In Nashville After the Shooting” in TIME magazine Essay: “The religious door-knockers are back” in The Christian Century POEM: “One-Eyed Jesus of the Sacred Heart” in The Christian Century ESSAY: “Stayin’ Alive: How Disco Saved Daddy" in The New York Times POEM: “Rupture” in JAMA POEM: “Holy the Body” in The Sun POEM: “Delirium” in JAMA
