Referred pain
On a Tuesday, I thought I might be dying.
Journeys Within and Beyond
After years working in global conflict and human rights, I now write on illness, death, and the geopolitics that still won’t let me go.
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Wrong Again
For Sydney
Future Tense
A life measured in scans and conditional verbs
Dear Liver
What I swallowed, what it carried, and the organ still carrying me
Terrible Clear Weather
On losing friends to Cholangiocarcinoma, and what stays visible when the fog is gone
No There There: Notes on Planning My Death
Green-Wood Cemetery is running out of room. Six years, by their estimate. I was there when they announced it, and left with an answer I'd been searching for since my diagnosis.
Built for a Shorter Story
What Surviving Longer Doesn’t Prepare You For
Finding Justice in the Narrow Spaces: A Journey to Afghanistan
Afghan women lawyers are still defending clients. Through court letters, living rooms, and improvised permissions.
Resistance Training Comes Home
What I learned at an ICE preparedness training in the Bronx, and why it felt familiar
Burning Man, the Hard Way
A week of storms, love, grief, and what remained when the desert stripped everything down