As a teacher, I completely understand parent frustrations and concerns as we head into the new school year. Even in a blended environment, many households with full-time working guardians are struggling to come up a solution for childcare that allows them to keep working and stay sane. Private teacher groups and educator planning meetings discuss this daily, as well as many many other incredibly difficult questions we face this year.

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Column: Racism exposes American Dream fissures; privilege is more insidious.

So excited to announce my new cover feature on the inimitable Lakeith Stanfield for Rogue’s Winter Issue N°10. The mag is now available for worldwide pre-order HERE.  Photography by Mike Ruiz.

Issue #10 includes more than 30 artist features and 180 glossy pages, including Noah Centineo, Olga Kurylenko, Keir Gilchrist, Chloe Bennett, Dylan Jagger Lee, Cody Simpson, Mondo Cozmo, Halston Sage, Lucy Boynton, Vanessa Morgan, Jack Dylan Grazer, JJ Abrams, Alexandra Daddario, Taissa Farmiga, Troye Sivan, Alice Eve, Giancarlo Esposito, Reeve Carney, Tati Gabrielle, The Wombats, The Vamps, Virginia Madsen, Joey Graceffa, Rose Byrne, Paul Wesley, Kaitlyn Dever, The Struts, Teddy, Kim Petras, Callum Turner + so much more! Help keep print alive! Get your special edition discounted copy now before it hits stands! 

Grab a digital copy of Rogue Mag’s Spring/Summer 2018 issue to read about my conversation with Vikings star Travis Fimmel. Find out what Travis is up to now after his legendary five-season run on the History Channel’s hour-long drama. This issue also includes over 200+ high-gloss pages, dual covers and 40+ exclusive artist features.

Here & Beyond recently published an article I wrote on Waikiki — then and now. I hope to publish more articles about authentic Hawaii to make a dent in the overwhelming amount of cultural whitewashing that represents the vast majority of media on my state.

The year-long photojournalism project I started for the Sun Journal and worked on from November 2016 through October 2017 won Project of the Year in Maine. And here’s the article that kicked it all off! A book version of the series will be published this summer.

The Instant Circus tracks 24 hours in the life of a disaffected 20-something nine-to-fiver, typical in her contemporary ennui and narcissistic self-loathing. Leaving work one day she is entranced by and trails a 13-year-old nymphette into the Red Light district. Over the course of the neon-lit night she creates and embodies a new identity, meets vultures and lost souls, and becomes a prostitute.

Now available through Amazon Kindle HERE.

Ink Sweat & Tears published one of my new poems. UK-based IS&T was founded by Salt author Charles Christian in 2007 as a platform for new poetry and short prose, and experimental work in digital media. In 2010, editor, poet and artist Helen Ivory came on board as Deputy Editor. The webzine publishes and reviews poetry, prose, prose-poetry, word & image pieces and everything in between.

I submitted several pieces from my Moon Series to Create! Magazine’s inaugural issue and they were accepted!

Create! Magazine is an independent, artist-run publication highlighting the work of artists, makers, and creative entrepreneurs. Their issues are released in a digital and limited edition print format. It was founded by artist Ekaterina Popova, also the founder of FreshPaintMagazine.

Monday’s happy surprise!