Mental Floss: 9 Mournful Facts About Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
I wrote another Halloween-themed Mental Floss post: 9 Mournful Facts About Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Ravens can really talk. Here’s a video of a raven saying “nevermore.”
Category Writing – Nonfiction
The Atlantic: Should Literary Journals Charge Writers Just to Read Their Work?
I’m excited to share an article I wrote for The Atlantic on literary journal reading fees. It looks into whether literary journals should charge writers fees to submit their writing, an important issue that needs more discussion. Check out: Should…
Mental Floss: Halloween Edition
Here are my latest Mental Floss articles. They are Halloween themed. Wooo (spooky noise). 10 Monstrous Facts About ‘Frankenstein’ The amount of death that happened around Mary Shelley during the writing and publication of Frankenstein is astounding. Three children, her…
Mental Floss Articles: Walden, Chocolate Factories, Witches, Spiders, and More!
More Mental Floss articles that I wrote! Get ’em while they’re hot! 12 Gloriumptious Facts About Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl actually was a chocolate tester for a candy company when he was a kid. It stuck with…
Book Review: Felicia Day’s Memoir
I reviewed Felicia Day’s memoir You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)for KQED, including thoughts on GamerGate. READ IT HERE.
Articles: L. Frank Baum, Horton Hears A Who, And Jack London
Here’s a few recent articles: 13 Facts About L. Frank Baum’s ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ L. Frank Baum was a fascinating person. I had no idea. He was a chicken farmer and a traveling salesman and went around the country…
Article: Great Expectations in Mental Floss
Did you catch my most recent article in Mental Floss? It’s 11 Dickensian Facts About ‘Great Expectations’. Did you know Estella may have been based on Charles Dickens’s mistress? Also, remember the 1998 movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan…
Article: 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’
Did you know that The Sound of Music turned 50 years old this year? I recently re-watched it for my Mental Floss article 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’. Now I really want to go…
Article: Luther Burbank Experiment Farm In Via
Want to learn about the white blackberry, the spineless cactus, or the trifoliate orange? Consider taking a trip to the Luther Burbank Experiment Farm, which I wrote about for Via Magazine.
Fiddle-dee-dee! 18 Facts About Vivien Leigh
When I was a kid, Vivien Leigh was one of my heroes. My admiration was re-awakened by this recent Mental Floss article Fiddle-dee-dee! 18 Facts About Vivien Leigh. She was a fascinating lady.
Mental Floss Article: 10 Head-Scratching Facts About Gray Hair
I recently got my first gray hair. That may have had something to do with my most recent Mental Floss article: 10 Head-Scratching Facts About Gray Hair
Mental Floss Article: 10 Interesting Facts About Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf is one of my favorite books, so I was excited to write about it for Mental Floss. Check out 10 Interesting Facts About Mrs. Dalloway.