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ARTICLES

A small sampler of work I've written for various publications, 

if you'd like to see more please contact me. 

THE END OF THE WONDER RUG, THE NEW YORK TIMES

After nearly a century of operation, the Karastan factory in Eden, N.C. shuts down and I say goodbye by retracing the history of these iconic American rugs.

WHAT YOU CAN'T LEARN COLLECTING ESOTERIC BOOKS, THE BELIEVER

This is a an essay I wrote after discovering a bit of family lore had a basis in truth. It involves the American Midwest, alchemically bound books, Manly P. Hall (founder of The Philosophical Research Society, one of my favorite places in L.A.), and a great uncle whose occult library my aunt documented and saved for me.

ARTS & CULTURE, INDY WEEK 

From folk art and contemporary exhibitions to flooding and fisheries, I cover stories about art and culture for North Carolina's progressive alt-weekly. 

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ART EXPLORES FAMOUS CLASH BETWEEN ARCHITECT & PATRON AT HOLLYHOCK HOUSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES

The battle of creative wills between Aline Barnsdall and Frank Lloyd Wright over her home—a residence that has become both the birthplace of California Modernism and a UNESCO World Heritage site—is explored in a site-specific exhibition of works by Louise Bonnet and Adam Silverman. 

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HOVERING ABOUT: A HISTORY OF THE RHINE RESEARCH CENTER, HURRY UP WE'RE DREAMING 

This piece explores the work of J.B. and Louisa Rhine, pioneering scientists in the field of ESP and parapsychology, whose experimental research at Duke University led to the founding of the still-existent Rhine Research Center in Durham, NC. I go there.

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WELL-BEING & CITY THINK COLUMNS, LOS ANGELES 

For several years I contributed articles about cultural trends and well-being to Los Angeles magazine. I covered everything from rat infestations and battles over public space to fake tans and the derth of delivery options for pregnant women in L.A.

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