A few things I've written:
My books
Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City - is a narrative nonfiction history of the community where my novel is set, an all-American city that that drew the ire of the entire nation by becoming not just a melting pot but also a cauldron. Includes some 85 archival photos.
A Democracy of Ghosts - is my novel, set in 1922 in the most radical community in America. It's got it all—torture, murder, love, infidelity, desire, bootlegging, a tripped-out gunman, a whiff of necrophilia, and a communal narrator of transmigrating souls. Check it out, it's a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year!
Short Stories
The Stork - A story chapbook from Featherproof Books.
“A Few Years After the War” - in Monkeybicycle.
“Transcript of Narrative of World War I Veteran, Nickleton, Kentucky” - in Natural Bridge, which nominated it for the Pushcart Prize.
“Goodbye, Young Man” - in Perigee.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Inside Higher Ed.
Book review: Isherwood on Writing
New Creative Nonfiction Species Found in Wild
Book review: Chekhov the Immigrant
Book review: Passion in the Desert
An interview with author and editor Dinty W. Moore
An interview with author Philip Graham
An interview with poet Brian Turner
Creative Writing in the Academy
An interview with a Special Forces chaplain
Other Creative Non-Fiction
“Three Graces” listed in Best American - This essay first appeared in Brevity and has been listed in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, 2009, edited by Dave Eggers.
“Killing Pirates” - at the Opium Magazine website.
The Best Creative Nonfiction: Vol. 3 - A piece called "Show, Don't Tell"
“Microgeographies” - in Ninth Letter.
“Praise to Those Still Coming Through On Song: An Appreciation of John Balaban” (pdf) - in War, Literature & The Arts.
Other
“Seven Things My 3-Year Old Son Wants to Decorate His New Room With, After Agreeing on a Pirate Theme, but then Seeing the NC Wyeth Illustrations for Treasure Island” - in Mountain Man Dance Moves.
“I Didn’t Know” (pdf) - Poem in War, Literature & The Arts.