Hi!

I’m a features reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. I previously worked at Esquire magazine, where I served as a contributing editor and weekend editor for six years.

As a reporter and writer, I cover politics, pop culture, lifestyle, and the intersection of all three areas. My journalism, essays, and criticism have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Slate, The Nation, Them, Oxford American, and Pitchfork.

I’m originally from North Carolina and now live in Philly with my partner and our grumpy old hound dog. I have a staunch dislike of bread-and-butter pickles, a deep and abiding love for Claussen dill pickles, and generally strong opinions about most things—humidity, your pet’s name, Ken Burns documentaries, and the ‘80s pop star Laura Branigan, to name a few.